Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 75

"Stiking Carriage Clock" Leroy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris, 296 Regent Street, London, No. 5838. Made circa 1880. Fine, gilt brass, hour and half-hour striking, 8 day-going carriage clock. Property of a East Coast Collector

C. Gilt brass, "gorge", glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, lateral lever escapement on a frosted gilt platform, compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. Dial and movement signed. Dim. Height 12.5 cm., width 7 cm.