Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 72

LEROY - PETITE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCK L. Leroy & Cie, Paris, No. 25938. Made circa 1900. Fine and rare, gilt brass, 8-day going, Petite Sonnerie striking carriage clock with repeat and alarm. Accompanied by the original Leroy fitted travelling case and numbered key.

C. One-piece, rectangular, brushed gilt, the top glazed, fl ushfi tting hinged handle, block feet. D. Engine-turned matte silver with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, alarm setting dial below with radial Arabic numerals. Blued steel spade hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for the going and striking trains, barrel for the alarm train, straight-line lever escapement on a large matte gilt platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance with temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on two gongs with two hammers, strike selection lever below. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 11.5 x 8 x 7 cm.