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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 102

Le Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond Street, London, No. 246. Made in France, circa 1890. Fine, small, gilt brass, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm and leather-covered travel case. To be sold without reserve

C. Multi-piece, matte gilt, the sides and top glazed, the top engraved ?MM?, plain columns at each corner, square feet, hinged handle. D. Circular guilloche silvered with black painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, alarm setting dial with Arabic numerals, guilloche silvered mask. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for the going and striking trains, further barrel for the alarm train, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a gong. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 8.7 x 5.6 x 6.3 cm. excluding handle.