Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 174

DROCOURT MINIATURE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PORCELAIN PANELS Drocourt, French, No. 21554. Made in the Eastern taste, circa 1890. Fine and rare, miniature gilt brass and painted porcelain, 8-day going carriage clock.

C. Multi-piece, ?Bamboo?, gilt-brass, the sides and back door set with porcelain panels decorated with painted scenes of Bedouin on horseback and a townscape, hinged ?bamboo? handle. D. Porcelain with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, the dial mask decorated to match the case with a landscape. Blued steel spade and lozenge hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrel, lateral lever escapement on a silvered platform, notched bimetallic compensation balance with temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Movement punched with Drocourt?s trademark. Dim. 79.5 x 46 x 54 mm. Excluding handle