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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993
LOT 240
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. Gilt 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 line 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.
