Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 472

Bouttey a Morteau, No. 4781, circa 1840. Extremely fine and very rare eight-day going Grande et Petite Sonnerie carriage clock with pivoted detent escapement, alarm, date, and quarter-repeating, with visible striking work, in original leather fitted box.

CHF 25,000 - 35,000

EUR 15,800 - 22,000 / USD 19,500 - 27,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

C. Rectangular, entirely chased with flowers, glazed side panelsand the top, base en suite with masks on each corner, hingedhandle.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minutedivisions. Blued steel "Breguet" hands below to the right subsi-diarydate dial and to the left alarm dial, whole on silver platelightly engraved with floral pattern, winding apertures at 5 and7 o?clock.M. Rectangular, 103 x 73 mm, brass, going barrels,engraved platform with pivoted detent chronometer escape-ment,cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat ba-lancespring, striking, repeating, and alarm on two gongs,repeating activated by pushbutton at the top of the clock.Signed on the dial plate and punched with maker?s trademarkand number on the back plate.Dim. 135 x 105 x 90 mm


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The present carriage clock is superbly finished, in the same manner as those destined for exhibitions. A beautiful carriage clock by Patek & Co with detent escapement, sold by Antiquorum on October 2000, lot 414, was made for the 1851 Exhibition. The present clock, on a par with that one, is exceptionally well-finished and was clearly made to impress both the public and the experts. From an esthetic point of view, the clock is admirable for its unusual case entirely decorated with flowers, and the striking work, which is set on the back plate and therefore visible while in action. Those interested in the technical aspects would have admire the clock?s chronometer escapement, complex and intricate striking mechanism, and exceptional finishing. Paul Bouttey Became the director of the Morteau Ecole d'horlogerie in 1836. In 1843, he turned the school into a watchmaking firm, with 63 watch-makers in his employ. In 1858, he ceased this activity and settled in Besançon, rue Moncey, receiving a medal of honor at the 1862 exhi-bition. He took part in the Paris exhibition of 1867.