Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011

LOT 101

L?Epée - Limited Edition Carriage Clock L?Epée, France ?Corniche?. Fine, gilt brass, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm. Accompanied by a L?Epée box.

C. Gilt brass, "Corniche", polished, glazed sides, the back door etched with the outline of an antique four-glass mantel clock, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. D. White enamel, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm setting dial below. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, 11 jewels, straight-line lever escapement mounted on a frosted gilt platform, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 13.3 x 9.3 x 8.2 cm. excluding handle