Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 83
André-Romain Guilmet
8-day going, “Industrial” clock; gilded bronze, silvered bronze and black marble
8-day going, “Industrial” clock; gilded bronze, silvered bronze and black marble
HKD 30,000 - 35,000
CHF 3,700 - 4,300 / USD 3,900 - 4,500TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Gilded bronze, silvered bronze and black marble, 8-day going, keywinding, “industrial” automata clock, in the shape of a lighthouse, with hour and half-hour striking on a gong.
Movement, brass, square Paris-type, with two going barrels, anchor escapement and inverted fork that drives a tube in the centre of the clock case – in fact, the pendulum – on which is fixed the lantern of the lighthouse giving the impression that it turns through a set of mirrors.
Movement, brass, square Paris-type, with two going barrels, anchor escapement and inverted fork that drives a tube in the centre of the clock case – in fact, the pendulum – on which is fixed the lantern of the lighthouse giving the impression that it turns through a set of mirrors.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-7-10 |
Good Oxidized Patinated |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Andre-Romain Guilmet (GLT), Paris
Year circa 1890
Movement No. 1 051 (probably by Japy Frères, Beaucourt, near Belfort, France)
Caliber anchor escapement
Dimensions 66 x 30 x 21 cm. (approx.) / Weight 14 Kg. (approx.)
Signature movement
Notes
Industrial clocks
These timekeepers are so-called “industrial” clocks, due to the fact that their forms are inspired by the technology of their period: bicycle, automobile, locomotive, battleship, ships wheel Bollard, airplane, steam-hammer engine (with matching pair of candelabra designed as “Press Rollers”), hydraulic double-piston pump, printing-press, waterwheel and weather station, lighthouse, windmill with rotating sails, etc.
Their animation reproduces the real-life action of the objects they represent. Some of them were fitted with barometer, thermometer, etc.
They were mostly produced in France from the end of the 19th century until the First World War, using the classic Paris-type movement often produced by Japy in Beaucourt (Territoire de Belfort, France).
Guilmet, Antoine (1827-1892), Paris
Antoine-Romain Philéas Guilmet of Paris – an obsessive inventor who took out many patents for designs, both horological and others – produces another lighthouse clock model of roundshaped (H. 60 cm. / Ø 22 cm.), also with revolving light at the top
These timekeepers are so-called “industrial” clocks, due to the fact that their forms are inspired by the technology of their period: bicycle, automobile, locomotive, battleship, ships wheel Bollard, airplane, steam-hammer engine (with matching pair of candelabra designed as “Press Rollers”), hydraulic double-piston pump, printing-press, waterwheel and weather station, lighthouse, windmill with rotating sails, etc.
Their animation reproduces the real-life action of the objects they represent. Some of them were fitted with barometer, thermometer, etc.
They were mostly produced in France from the end of the 19th century until the First World War, using the classic Paris-type movement often produced by Japy in Beaucourt (Territoire de Belfort, France).
Guilmet, Antoine (1827-1892), Paris
Antoine-Romain Philéas Guilmet of Paris – an obsessive inventor who took out many patents for designs, both horological and others – produces another lighthouse clock model of roundshaped (H. 60 cm. / Ø 22 cm.), also with revolving light at the top