Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 278

Grande & Petite Sonnerie Carriage Clock with Calendar & Moon Phases & Baron?s Coronet Attributed to Henri Jacot. Made circa 1890. Extremely fine and very rare, large, gilt brass and silvered, 8-day going, grande and petite sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm, day-date calendar and moon phases, the glass top engraved with a Baron?s coronet.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000 / EUR 8,000 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 22,500

C. Multi-piece, "cariatides", gilt-brass, each of the four corners mounted with a silvered winged caryatid, the sides and top glazed, the top glass engraved with a Baron?s coronet, broken-arch top, stepped base, hinged handle. D. White enamel with radial black Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm setting, date and days of the week dials below, aperture for the moon phases, matte gilt dial mask. Blued steel hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for the going and striking trains, further barrel for the alarm train, lateral lever escapement on a matte silvered platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating with two hammers on two gongs, grande sonnerie/petite sonnerie and silence selection lever in the base. Dim. 17.5 x 11.2 x 9.5 cm. excluding handle. Property of a French Collector


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Charles Allix describes this style of clock as "outstanding" and attributes it to the workshop of Henri Jacot. The highly ornate large-size case is very unusual and is known as "cariatides". The present example is very rare in having calendar and moon phases as well as grande and petite sonnerie striking. The first owner of the clock was a Baron, attested to by the engraved coronet on the top glass. Literature : Carriage Clocks, Their History and Development, Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert, 1974, p. 172.