Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 82
L’Epée for Garrard
Eight-day going carriage-clock, hours and half-hours striking, alarm; limited production with “cloisonné” décor and tourbillon regulator; gilded brass and enamel
Eight-day going carriage-clock, hours and half-hours striking, alarm; limited production with “cloisonné” décor and tourbillon regulator; gilded brass and enamel
HKD 70,000 - 87,000
CHF 8,500 - 10,600 / USD 9,000 - 11,200
Gilded brass and polychrome “champlevé” enamel imitating the “cloisonné”-work, key-winding, vertical rectangular-shape, eight-day going, carriage-clock, with three horological complications:
• Hours and half-hour striking on one gong
• Quarter-repeater
• Alarm on the same gong via the same hammer (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
“Anglaise Riche” case with Corinthian columns, décor depicting scrolling folliage.
• Hours and half-hour striking on one gong
• Quarter-repeater
• Alarm on the same gong via the same hammer (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
“Anglaise Riche” case with Corinthian columns, décor depicting scrolling folliage.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand L'Epée, Saint-Suzanne (France)
Reference 4502
Year circa 1990
Movement No. 31
Case No. 83
Caliber 100 x 80 mm., plat-form lever escapement with skeleton and engraved one-minute tourbillon regulator (No. 31)
Dimensions 153 x 100 x 91 mm. (without the handle)
Signature dial and movement
Accessories gilded brass winding-key
Notes
L’Epée, Sainte-Suzanne
The company L’Epée was founded in 1839 by Auguste L’Epée (1798-1875) in SainteSuzanne in France, a village near Besançon (Doubs department). It began by manufacturing horological products and music boxes. From 1850 onwards, the manufactory began to produce escapement platforms for clocks and carriage clocks and obtained several patents. Later, L’Epée manufactures complete carriage clocks which become its specialty. For some years now, L’Epée has been established in Switzerland, in Delémont (canton of Jura), and produces very contemporary clocks.
Carriage clocks with tourbillon regulators are very rare; L’Epee made this model in a limited series in the 1980-1990’s. The present clock is particularly attractive, presented in polychrome “champlevé” enamel decorated case imitating the “cloisonné”-work, with, in plus, a skeleton and engraved plat-form escapement.
The company L’Epée was founded in 1839 by Auguste L’Epée (1798-1875) in SainteSuzanne in France, a village near Besançon (Doubs department). It began by manufacturing horological products and music boxes. From 1850 onwards, the manufactory began to produce escapement platforms for clocks and carriage clocks and obtained several patents. Later, L’Epée manufactures complete carriage clocks which become its specialty. For some years now, L’Epée has been established in Switzerland, in Delémont (canton of Jura), and produces very contemporary clocks.
Carriage clocks with tourbillon regulators are very rare; L’Epee made this model in a limited series in the 1980-1990’s. The present clock is particularly attractive, presented in polychrome “champlevé” enamel decorated case imitating the “cloisonné”-work, with, in plus, a skeleton and engraved plat-form escapement.