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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 473

French, circa 1900, continental flying tourbillon regulator attribut-able to the Deutsche Uhrmacher Schule, circa 1930?s. An exceptional, gilt brass 8-day going Grande et Petite Sonnerie car-riage clock with one-minute continental flying tourbillon regulator, free-sprung pivoted detent escapement, quarter-repeating, and alarm.

CHF 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,600 - 9,500 / USD 9,400 - 11,700

Sold: CHF 16,100

C. Rectangular, glazed on all sides and the top, fluted Corinthian columns, shaped base andtop, hinged handle, hinged back door, grande/petite/silent lever in the base.D. Off-white ring with radial Romannumerals separated by red fleur-de-lis decoration, outer minute dot divisions, gilt brass center. Blued steel"spade" hands. Alarm dial below with radial Arabic chapter. Whole on gilt brass plate engraved with stylizedfoliage.M. Rectangular, brass, 101 x 71 mm, brass, going barrels, two-arm steel carriage, pivoted detentchronometer escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature screws and platinummean time screws, blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring, the extension of the carriage forming a secondhand running over a silver chapter ring with seconds track, striking and repeating on two gongs by two hammers.Dim: Height 16 (without handle) x 11 cm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 19 - 01

Notes

The carriage is exquisitely finished with pivoted detent escapement, a feature found on the best tourbillon timepieces. The two-arm carriage is very unusual. In addition, this is one of very few carriage clocks known with flying tourbillon regulators. For a note on continental flying tourbillons see lot 31. Here follows a list of the known carriage clocks with tourbillon regulators. Breguet, No. 723, finished after 1808; Breguet, No. 757, finished in 1808 with constant force escapement; Breguet, No. 1252, finished in 1813 with constant force escapement (now destroyed by fire); Breguet, No. 4357, sold in 1829; Breguet, No. 780 from Nouvelle series, sold in 1869; Unsigned, French, circa 1900 with lever escapement; Nicole Nielsen, in around 1914, made seven humpback carriage clocks with lever escapements; Jaeger-LeCoultre prototype clock; two carriage clocks by Richard Good; two carriage clocks by Anthony Randall; large carriage clock signed "Auguste a Paris" with tourbillon, carriage of which rotates in about 43 seconds, circa 1880; the present clock.