Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 259

Dufaud ? Pendule Cercles Tournants Dufaud, Paris, No. 1099. Made circa 1870. Extremely fine and magnificent, Louis XVI style gilt-bronze, bronze, white and grey marble, 8-day going, hour and halfhour striking ?cercles tournants? table clock. Accompanied by a long key.

C. White marble vase housing the clock with serpent handles, detachable lid for access for winding with gilt-bronze pineapple and leaf finial, the vase flanked by a bronze winged putto, his arm outstretched and finger pointing to indicate the time, the god Mars?s gilt-bronze helmet, shield and flaming torch to the side, square white marble plinth inset with gilt-bronze relief panels on each side depicting river gods, stepped base above a further grey marble base inset with giltbronze vitruvian scrolls, toupie feet. d. White enamel cartouches with Roman numerals on a revolving ring, revolving minute ring above with Arabic numerals on white enamel cartouches. M. Gilt brass, circular plates, spring barrels for the going and striking trains, lateral lever escapement on a gilt platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. Movement signed. Dim. 73 x 26 x 26 cm.