Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 166

SEMCA FOUR TIME ZONE MANTEL CLOCK Semca Co. Swiss, "Remembrance." Made in the 1960s. Fine, rare and unusual, large brass clock with 4 time zones.

Square, 2 heavy swirled brass supports, glazed back, brass base. Matte silver, outer brass ring mounted to the frame by brass letters: N, E, S, and W, outer minute track, 4 subsidiary silver dials for Central, Eastern, Mountain and Pacific time, each with applied brass Arabic numerals and round indexes. Brass baton hour hands on the sub dials and one fancy central minute hand. Cal. 26 N, 7 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed.