Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 175

CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH PORCELAIN PANELS French. Made circa 1880. Very fine, gilt brass and painted porcelain, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking carriage clock with repeating and alarm.

C. Multi-piece, ?architectural?, matte gilt, fl uted pillars, the sides with painted porcelain panels of a young girl fi shing and another picking fl owers in a garden, hinged handle. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, white enamel alarm setting dial below, foliate engraved gilt-brass mask. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular brass plates, going barrels for both trains, lateral lever escapement on a matte gilt platform, notched bimetallic compensation balance with temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on a gong. Dim. 14.9 x 9.8 x 8.7 cm. Excluding handle