Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 143
L'EPEE, TWO TONE MOZART LIMITED EDITION MUSICAL ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR L'Epée, France, No.053/100. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples in 1991. Fine, gold plated, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking, musical alarm carriage clock with repeating, day-date calendar and subsidiary seconds. Accompanied by a fitted L'Epée box, outer box, warranty, attestation and key.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 32,000 - 48,000 / USD 4,200 - 6,300
Sold: CHF 5,000
Gold plated, polished, stepped molded base and top, fluted silvered pillars, bowed glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, alarm setting, date and days of the week dials below, subsidiary seconds at 12. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, going barrels for both trains, 11 jewels, straight-line platform lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a gong, separate alarm train with further hammer, musical movement in the base playing two tunes by Mozart activated by the alarm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |