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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 449

Unsigned, French, circa 1870.Fine and rare gilt brass, eight day-going carriage clock with alarm and retrograde calendar.

C. "Corniche", glazed on all sides and the top, hexagonal handle, hinged glazed back door, repeater activating baton protruding from the top panel. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, blued steel "trefoil" hands, three subsidiary dials set at the lower part: date to the left, alarm in the center with concentric retrograde sector for days of the week, months to the right. M. Rectangular, brass, platform with lateral lever escapement with divided lift, three-arm steel balancewith screws, blued steel balance-spring, striking and repeating on a bell.Dim. Height 17 cm (with handle), width 8,5 cm.