Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 313

Drocourt, No. 7076. Made in France, circa 1890. Fine, oval, gilt brass, 8-day going, hour and halfhour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm. To be sold without reserve

C. Multi-piece, oval, gilt, engraved throughout with foliate scrolls, the sides and top glazed, plain columns, moulded base, hinged scroll handle. D. White enamel with radial black Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm setting dial with Arabic numerals. 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, notched bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a bell. Movement punched with Drocourt?s trademark. Dim. 13 x 10 x 11.2 cm. Excluding handle.