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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 328

French, No. 684, circa 1890.Fine gilt bronze, eight day going, Petite Sonnerie, quarter repeating carriage clock with alarm, in original fitted travelling box.

C. Gilt bronze ?Anglaise?, glazed on four sides and top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm setting dial. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Brass rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking trains, platform escapement with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Striking, repeating and alarm on gongs with button on the top.Dim. 14,5 x 10 x 9 cm., excluding the handle.