Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 312

L?EPÉE - TOURBILLON CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR & MOON PHASE L?Epée, France, tourbillon No. 60, case No. 042. Made in a limited number in the late 20th century. Fine, gold-plated, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with one-minute tourbillon regulator, duo-date calendar, alarm, moon phases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by a L?Epée box and key. To be sold without reserve

C. Gold plated, "corniche", polished, glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle, the front of the base with engraved dedication. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic fi veminute numerals, alarm setting, date and days of the week dials below, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar on the edge. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, going barrels for the going and striking trains, 11 jewels, straight-line lever escapement mounted on a polished gilt one-minute tourbillon carriage, matte gilt platform, monometallic balance, fl at balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, matte gilt bridge. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Dim. 13.2 x 9.2 x 7.9 cm. excluding handle