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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 310

Joseph Gay, Horloger du Roy, a Turin, No. 5623, circa 1780. Fine gilt bronze hour and half-hour, quarter repeating Pendule d?Officier with alarm.

CHF 10,000 - 14,000

EUR 6,500 - 9,000 / USD 8,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 14,950

C. Gilt bronze, with round feet, engine-turned bezel, the pediment and side panels with applied foliate decoration, hinged serpent-shape handle at the top. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gilt brass pierced hands. M. Circular 120 mm, gilt brass with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, steel four-arm balance, flat balance cock, gilt brass plain continental cock with polished steel end-piece, striking and repeating of Neuchâtel type on two bells with the striking and repeating works fitted on the back plate, cord released for repeating at will; pull wound alarm.Dim. 25 x 14 x 10 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Joseph Gay Was horologer to the King of Sardinia.