Geneva, Nov 05, 2023
LOT 273
JUMP, ENGLAND, HUMPBACK CARRIAGE CLOCK, 8-DAY GOING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH "AMERICAN" DIGITAL PERPETUAL CALENDAR, MOON PHASES AND AGE, GILT-BRASS AND SHAGREEN
CHF 50,000 - 100,000
EUR 53,000 - 106,000 / USD 56,000 - 112,000 / HKD 434,000 - 870,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 28,750
A very fine and extremely rare, manual wind perpetual calendar with moon phases, polished bezels, the sides, base and back overlaid with green shagreen, the back with shuttered winding and setting holes, four gilt brass bun feet, latch for releasing the back door on the base. Silver, engine-turned, radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, moon-phase aperture above 12 o'clock flanked by signature cartouches, engine-turned dial mask, linear aperture for the days of the week, date and months below the dial.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Jump, England
Model Humpback Carriage Clock
Year Circa 1890
Case No. 944
Length 155
Caliber 140 x 106 mm., brass plates with four turned pillars, fusee with chain and Harrison's maintaining power, horizontal gilt platform with lateral calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with terminal curve, index regulator.
Height 66
Width 114
Signature Dial signed, interior of back door punched ''M.F. Yorke'' and scratch numbered ''No. 944''.