Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 143

Champleve Enamel Hour Repeating Miniature Carriage Clock Swiss, No. 2716. Made circa 1900. Fine, miniature, 8-day going, hour-repeating, gilt-brass and champleve enamel carriage clock. To be sold without reserve

C. Multi-piece, gilt-brass, fluted pillars, molded and stepped top and base, the side panels decorated with light blue champleve enamel with ivory-colored oval enamel centers, engraved flowers and foliage, the front decorated to match, the top with beveled glass to view the escapement, hinged handle. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. M. Rectangular gilt-brass plates, going barrel, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, plunge-activated repeat mechanism on a wire gong. Movement numbered. Dim. 7.4 x 5.5 x 5 cm. Excluding handle.