Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 42

LEROY & FILS CLOCK WITH ALARM GILT BRASS Leroy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris, 296 Regent Street, London. Made circa 1880. Fine, gilt brass, alarm clock.

C. Gilt brass, glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle
D. White and gold with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Subsidiary seconds dial. Blue steel Breguet hands.
M. Gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, lateral lever escapement on a frosted gilt platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 78mm x 88mm x 130mm.