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Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 327

Omega Rossignol Omega, movement No. 6770135, case number 7551097, Ref. 13.309, the case by R. Lalique. Movement and movement case sold to Lalique in 1931. Exceptionally fine and rare, frosted glass and chrome 8-day going Art Deco mantel clock.

CHF 9,500 - 12,000

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

Sold: CHF 16,800

C. Round, the front decorated with 12 nightingales and black painted Arabic hours, feather-spray central decoration, the back chromed, raised on a round foot. D. Steel sword hands. M. Cal 59.8D, 3/4 plate, nickel-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with three adjustments, blued-steel breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case signed R. Lalique, France, movement signed Omega Watch Co., Swiss. Diam 19.5 cm, height including base, 20.5 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present clock is an excellent example of the collaboration between Omega and the top designers of the day. René Lalique is widely recognized as one of the greatest glassmakers to have ever worked in France and his pieces have come to epitomize French Art Deco. The information concerning this clock is drawn from Félix Marcilhac's "Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre de R. Lalique", Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris 1994, ref. 735, p. 374. The model was created on February 10, 1931 and was illustrated in the 1932 catalogue.
René Lalique (1860 -1945). a French jeweler, Lalique was trained in Paris and London, and in 1885 took over the workshop of the Parisian jeweler Jules d'Estape. He embarked on a career that revolutionized jewelery design, preferring vividly colored gemstones over the more traditional precious stones. Motifs such as nymphs and flowers were typical of Lalique's Art Nouveau work, and his clients included the actress Sarah Bernhardt. In 1898 he began working with glass, which gradually replaced jewelery as the focus of his talent. His glassware came to embody the flamboyant 1920?s Art Deco style. In the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris he exhibited his "Tourbillon" or "Whirlwind" vases, in which he clearly embraced the highly geometric style of the Jazz Age