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New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 298

?Industrial Clock with Barometer and 2 Thermometers? French. Made circa 1890. Fine and rare, silvered brass and marble table clock with barometer and 2 thermometers, resembling the base of a tower.

USD 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: USD 5,900

C. Base with 4 tapered angled feet, onyx plinth above, 4 cylindrical silvered pillars and 4-arm bridge above, 5 ball finials, the clock and barometer within turned onyx frames and mounted upon a rectangular frame above a dish, large brass toupie-form screw nut above. D. Silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Circular, brass, going barrel, lateral lever escapement on a platform, index regulator. Dim. 52 x 32 x 25 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original