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Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 134

Grande Sonnerie Carriage Clock Swiss. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare, gilt brass, grande sonnerie striking, 8-day going carriage clock with alarm. To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,800 - 4,500 / EUR 2,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 1,320

C. Three-piece, matte gilt, sliding back door, sides and top with beveled glass, hinged carrying handle. D. Silvered, rectangular, radial painted Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, gilt brass, going barrels for the going and striking trains, large brass platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking with two hammers on an underslung bell in the base, alarm train with separate barrel and sounding with a further hammer, strikework on the backplate in the Swiss manner, sonnerie/ silence selection on the backplate. Dim. 14.3 x 11.5 x 9 cm. 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: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original