V.Bousset ('), France, circa 1880. Fine,large and rare gilt brass Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking,repeating and alarm carriage clock, with thermometer retrogade week day indication and full calendar, with fitted case. | Important Collectors Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clock | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 20th October 1991

Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991

LOT 140

V.Bousset (?), France, circa 1880. Fine,large and rare gilt brass Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking,repeating and alarm carriage clock, with thermometer retrogade week day indication and full calendar, with fitted case.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 18,400

C. Moulded 'corinthian'with dentilled frieze and Greek key handle. D. White enamel with Roman hour and Arabic minute numerals, subsidiaries above for months,silvered alarm setting ring below. Florally engraved and gilt mask with apertures for centigrade thermometer and retrograde week day, with engraved silvered scales. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, brass, going-barrels. Frosted and silvered platform with lateral lever escapement. Striking work on the back plate, with glass cover plate,the gongs and alarm bell in the base , with selector slide on the back,calendar push-pieces on the top. Maker's punch on the backplate.$ In good condition.Dim. 18.6 x 10.7 x 9.7 cm., excluding handle

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A very rare configuration of carriage clock. The punch mark may probably be that of Victorien Bousset of Morez in the Jura. His work and the probable attribution are discussed by C. Allix in Carriage Clocks, p. 203, 204, and in the Biography section, p. 433, 434, where the punch mark is illustrated. A very similar clock, but with barometer and moon is also illustrated.