Murer's Express SL Newness Falling Plate Box Camera for 12 plates 9 x 12 cm

This is the front of the Murer & Duroni, or shall we say the Gaumont?
The camera is a look a like or even more of the French "Gaumont" camera, which on its turn is a look a like of the "Carmen" made by Hüttig Dresden.
There are only minor differences between these cameras.

Falling plate box camera with Guillotine Shutter Pose 1/50 - 1/200. 

With the guillotine shutter removed, one has a good view to the close up lenses 1, 31/2 and 6 meter. 

A smooth working mechanism brings the plates one by one in the right position for exposure, by pushing the lever on the right side of the camera forward. After shooting-exposure- the exposed plate is safely brought to the bottom of the box, at the same time the new unexposed plate is brought into position. To complete the action, a counter on the back shows the numbers 12 to 0, telling how many photos are yet to be exposed.

"Bois de noyer composé de 3 epaisseurs a fils croises!"

The camera body was made out of 3 layers of nut plywood which is a composite wood substance
consisting of layers of wood glued together with the grain in alternate layers at an angle
  to give the plywood more resistance for heavy use.

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