Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 25, 1993
LOT 328
V.W.B., (Bosset or Victorien Bousset) in Morez, France, No. 606. Very fine quarter repeating, "grande and petite sonnerie" carriage clock with fly-back calendar, thermometer and alarm, circa 1880, in original fitted box..
CHF 19,000 - 22,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. GiIt bronze, "Anglaise riche" with corinthian columns, glazed on five faces. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. Subsidiary dials for the months, the the date and alarm setting, flying back scale for the days of the week with symmetrical centigrade thermometer. GiIt brass dial-plate engraved with a foliage decoration. M. GiIt brass with going barrels, platform straight line lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Striking and repeating on gongs set between the dial and front plate, the striking work set on the back plate with an optional "grande- petite sonnerie- silence". Trade mark on the back plate. In very good condition. Dim. 16,5 x 10,5 x 9,5 cm.
