Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 307

LAPIS INLAID CALENDAR & MOON PHASE CARRIAGE CLOCK La Vallée, ?Meister?, Swiss, movement by L?Epée, France, No. 181 of a limited series. Made circa 1982. Fine, giant, gilt brass and lapis lazuli, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking carriage clock with alarm, day, date, hour repeating, phases of the moon and moon?s age. Accompanied by a key.

C. Multi-piece, ?Anglaise Riche?, gilt brass, molded base, fl uted Corinthian pillars, molded top with lapis-lazuli cornice, base similarly inlaid, lapis lazuli inlaid hinged handle. D. White painted, black radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, aperture for phases of the moon above 6 o?clock with the moon?s age on the edge, below dials for the date, days of the week and alarm, foliate engraved gilt brass mask. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, gilt brass, back plate fully engraved with scrolling foliage, going barrels, foliate engraved gilt platform with straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator, striking, repeating and alarm on a coiled gong, repeating activated by depressing the push-button on the top of the case. Dial signed, movement signed L?Epée. Dim. 18.5 x 12 x 10.2 cm. excluding handle.