Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 207

LIBRARY GLOBE CLOCK French, No. 943, the globe by G. Thomas, 11 Rue du Sommerard, Paris. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, gilt-brass, 8-day going, table globe clock with mecanically rotating globe driven by the movement.

C. Gilt-brass fl uted pillar supporting the globe on a tilted axis, curved threaded rod with brass moon, drum base housing the movement, circular base with holes for winding and setting. D. Gilt-brass inclined chapter ring at the Equator engraved with Roman numerals and baton quarter-hour indexes. Curved brass pointer. M. 77 mm., gilt-brass, circular plates, going barrel, underslung cylinder escapement on a gilt brass platform, plain three-arm balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Diam. 15 cm. Height 30 cm.