The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 157

Le Roy horloger du Roy, Paris, No. 5957, circa 1880.Fine and rare, gilt brass hour and half-hour striking eight-day going Officier type desk clock.

C. square with molded top and oak-leaf in front, applied stylized corners, knurled feet, side panels with applied leaf rosettes, hinged back cover, hinged handle in the shape of a snake biting its tail. D. white enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track with fifteen-minute Arabic markers, two winding apertures. Elaborate pierced gilt hands. M. circular, brass, going barrels, platform with straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balace spring, striking on a single bell.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. Height 200 mm, width 110 mm.