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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 331

"Pendulette de Voyage a Grand Sonnerie & Repetition Minutes" JTC (Geneva), No. 101, case No. 2463. The case with London import marks for 1911-1912. Fine and very rare, grande sonnerie striking, minute-repeating, silver-gilt, 8-day going, two-train, miniature desk clock with alarm and the original gold-tooled morocco leather fitted traveling box and double-ended key.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,700 - 5,000 / USD 5,000 - 6,600

C. Rectangular, frosted silver-gilt with ?C? shaped hinged handle, hinged back door, raised on four bun feet, strike/silence button in the base. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 6.7 x 5.6 cm., frosted gilt brass, rectangular, baluster pillars, going barrels for the going and striking trains, repeat train and governor mounted between the plates, frosted and gilt platform with straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by the push-piece at the top, alarm train with separate barrel and sounding with one hammer on a further gong. Case signed. Dim. 84 x 63 x 45 mm. excluding handle.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized
Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

According to M. Etienne Ch. Mathey of Mathey Tissot, these clocks were made for M. Onesime Stauffer of Les Ponts-de-Martel. M. Stauffer took out several patents for striking and repeating mechanisms which included minute, five-minute and quarter-repetition. The movement ebauches were produced in artisan workshops in the Vallée de Joux, the platform escapements were obtained and the finishing completed by the Stauffer family.