Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 74
Anonymous, French, circa 1890. Very fine and rare oval gilt bronze "grande and petite sonnerie", quarter-repeating carriage clock with alarm and dual calendar, in original fitted travelling box.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: CHF 6,900
C. GiIt bronze, "oval", glazed on five faces. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for alarm setting, days of the week and date. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, eight-day with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, platform escapement with straight )ine lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Striking repeating and alarm on gongs with button on the top, grande and petite sonnerie/silent, optional lever in the base. In very good condition. Dim. 14 x 12 x 10 cm., excluding the handle.
