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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 344

Allain & Co, France, circa 1840. Fine and interesting walnut and ormolu, 8 day going, dead center seconds, hour and half-hour striking table regulator à colonnes.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,400 - 5,700 / USD 5,500 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 7,705

C. By Thevenard, portico type, molded base, four columns with ormolu bases and capitals, walnut top with molded cornice.D. Silvered, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding apertures in the center. Blued steel "Breguet" hands.M. Circular, 109 mm, brass full plate, going barrels, pin wheel escapement, "Berthoud" gridiron compensation pendulum with spring suspension and micrometric beat adjustment, special mechanism changing the beat from half-seconds to dead seconds.Signed on the movement. Dim. 51 mm


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3 - 12
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 35 - 01

Notes

This clock employs an interesting mechanism that allows the half-second pendulum mechanism to display dead seconds.