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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 305
Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine and very rare gilt bronze, eight day going hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with perpetual calendar, and alarm, in original fitted oak travelling box.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
C. Gilt bronze "corniche", glazed four sides and top. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials, the dates and the months, sector above the alarm setting dial for the fly back days of the week. Blued steel hands. M. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. Striking on a bell. hi very good condition. Dim. 12,5 x 8,5 x 7,5 cm., excluding the handle.
