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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994

LOT 77

Unsigned, made by Paul Garnier, No. 1691, circa 1850. Fine gilt bronze, eight-day going, hour and half hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm and special escapement.

CHF 4,500 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 5,865

C. GiIt bronze, "later type multi-piece" entirely engraved with scrolls. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm setting dial. Blued-steel "trefle" hands. M. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, Paul Garnier frictionnai rest escapement with double escape wheel and single pallet on the balance staff, plain three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring. Striking on a bell. In very good condition. Dim. 13 x 9 x 7,5 cm. excluding the handle.


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A similar clock is described and illustrated in Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert Carriage docks", 1974, p.159.