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LOT 124

Precision Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationSaulet a Paris, circa 1830.Extremely rare and very interesting gilt brass, 1 year-going double-barrel carriage clock with 30-second remontoir, chronometer escapement and regulator dial, accompanied by a chased ivory paneled key with Chinese motifs.

CHF 25,000 - 32,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 36,800

C. Flat top over molded cornice supported by dentils, engine-turned side panels, molded base on square feet, glazed at the top for viewing the escapement, projected winding aperture with a shutter on the rear panel, setting aperture in the left side panel, heavy molded handle. D. Rectangular with circular minute chapter ring with ten-minute Arabic markers set on the top and with small hour chapter with radial Roman numerals set in the lower part, semicircular aperture for viewing the constant foce escapement action. M. Rectangular, brass, two-tier, one for going barrels meshing with the same pinion, the other for the train, escapement and remontoir. Unusual form of pivoted detent escapement with ruby impulse, locking and discharging pallets, three-arm gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, 30-second spring-loaded remontoir, winding from a single arbor, transmission via two ratchet wheels.Signed on the winding shutter, projecting boss engraved Remontez une fois par an.Dim. Height 16 cm, width 11 cm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 14 - 01

Notes

The remontoir of this clock is based on the principle illustrated in Janvier's work (see lot No. 44), except that Janvier's is driven by gravitation and Saulet's by the force of elasticity of the spring. The combination of a 1 year-going mechanism, chronometer escapement and remontoir in a carriage clock is extremely rare, and possibly unique - no other clock like this is known to exist. It is described and illustrated in "Carriage Clocks" by Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert, Woodbridge, 1974, pp225-26.SauletHe was active in Paris, established in 1820 at Galerie de Pierre, in 1840 at Galerie de Valois, and in 1850, rue Richelieu.For another unusual timepiece by Saulet, see "The Lord Sandberg Collection", Antiquorum, March 31 and April 1, 2001, pp. 400-401.