Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 60

DROCOURT CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PORCELAIN PANELS ? VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE Drocourt, French, No. 21201. Made in the Eastern taste, circa 1890. Fine, unusual and rare, gilt brass and painted porcelain, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking carriage clock with repeating and alarm.

C. Multi-piece, ?Bamboo?, gilt-brass, the sides and back door set with porcelain panels decorated with fi nely painted scenes of life in Constantinople, hinged handle. D. Porcelain with radial Arabic numerals within white giltedged cartouches, outer minute track, alarm-setting dial below, the dial mask decorated to match the case with a view of the Blue Mosque on the Bosphorus with palm trees in the foreground. Eastern-style gilt-brass hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for both trains, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, notched bimetallic compensation balance with temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a gong, separate train for the alarm. Movement punched with Drocourt?s trademark. Dim. 15.5 x 10.5 x 9 cm. Excluding handle.