Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 135
Bolviller A Paris, circa 1865. Fine gilt brass hour, half-hour striking, repeating and alarm carriage clock, with calendar and Bolviller's platform.
CHF 5,500 - 6,000
C. Narrow frame'corniche'style, solid back door, entirely engraved with foliage. D.White enamel, Roman numerals, intersecting Arabic seconds ring at 12, subsidiary rings for date and alarmsetting below. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular,brass, going-barrels. Bolviller's gilt platform, with straight line lever escapement with cut bimetallic balance with wedge-shaped weights, helical balance spring and bridge cock. Striking on a bell. Signed on the backplate. In good condition. Dims. 15.5 x 10 x 7.5 cm., excluding handle.
