Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 86

ROCOCO REVIVAL BOULLE CLOCK Armingaud A Paris, movement No. 1345. Made circa 1890. Fine, Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell and gilt- brass, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking mantel clock.

Waisted case overlaid with cut brass and tortoiseshell, chased gilt-brass foliate scroll mounts, glazed aperture to view the pendulum, paw feet, seated cherub finial with a pair of symbols. White enamel with radial blue Roman numerals, outer minute track and large Arabic five-minute numerals. Gilt- brass Louis XV hands. Circular gilt-brass plates, going train for both barrels, anchor escapement, spring suspension, gilt-brass sunburst pendulum with applied bronzed fly, outside countwheel striking on a bell.