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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 433

Piaget, Swiss, circa 1810. Very fine and rare small gilt-bronze hour and halfhour striking, hour repeating Pendule d 'Officiers with musical movement in the base.

CHF 20,000 - 24,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

C. Gilt bronze, fitted on a rectangular ebonised pear wood base with paw feet, the engine-turned bezel flanked by two engraved fluted columns, the pediment finely chased with scrolled foliage, side panels applied with trophies, folding serpent handle at the top. D. Gold engine-turned with Arabic numerals on white enamel cartouches and outer white enamel minutes ring. Blued-steel fancy Breguet hands. M. Gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain gilt-brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass balance cock pierced in a star pattern. Striking and repeating train with fixed barrel with revolving arbor, striking and repeating on a bell with striking work on the back plate. The fixed barrel of the alarm train with revolving arbor. Musical movement in the base made in Geneva with pin-cylinder, fly regulator and a comb made of screwed 17 groups of three teeth. Signed on a white enamel cartouche on the dial. Dim. 18 x 9,5 x 7,5 cm., including the handle.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: *1

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-51

As new

Partially reprinted

Notes

As opposed to most miniature Pendoles d'Officiers usually reproduced in Paris by L. Leroy & Cie, circa 1900, this clock was undoubtedly made in Switzerland at the same period as the regular type, made in the area of Neuchatel or La Chaux-de- Fonds. It is of very high quality, the dial being made of gold instead of white enamel.