Important Watches
Geneva, Mar 20, 2010
LOT 135
Grande Sonnerie Carriage Clock Swiss. Made circa 1850. Rare, gilt brass, grande sonnerie striking, 8-day going carriage clock. To be sold without reserve
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
USD 2,800 - 4,500 / EUR 2,000 - 3,500
Sold: CHF 1,920
C. Multi-piece, corniche, matte gilt, hinged back and front doors, sides and top with beveled glass, reeded hinged carrying handle. D. Silvered, rectangular, radial champleve Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands with pierced tips. M. Rectangular, gilt brass, going barrels for the going and striking trains, brass platform with straight-line lever escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking with two hammers on two coiled gongs on the backplate, strikework on the backplate in the Swiss manner, sonnerie/silence selection in the base. Dim. 15.3 x 11.2 x 9.1 cm. Excluding handle.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
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 |