Hong Kong, May 29, 2022
LOT 371
Unsigned
Eight-day going carriage-clock, hour and half-hour striking, triple date, moon phases, music; gilded brass
HKD 67,000 - 100,000
EUR 8,000 - 12,000 / CHF 8,400 - 12,600 / USD 8,500 - 12,700
Gilded brass, key-winding, vertical rectangular-shape, eight-day going, carriage-clock, with five horological complications:
· Hour and quarter-hour striking in passing (on one steel gong)
· Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 5 o’clock)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 7 o’clock; indications given in French)
· Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock; indications given in French)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 12 o’clock inside the dial)
· Musical movement (containing in the base of the cabinet; activated automatically before 10 o’clock; not considered as a horological complication)
“Anglaise Riche” case with fluted columns and Corinthian capitals; the top with glazed aperture to view the escapement.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Fleur-de-Lys” hands. Gilded brass false-plate.
Movement, 100 x 75 mm., two going barrels, plat-form escapement with straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance with poising screws and flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, France
Year circa 1890
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered
Material gilded brass
Caliber lever escapement
Height 200 mm. (approx.; without the handle)
Width 120 mm. (approx.)
Thickness 110 mm. (approx.)
Weight 3.25 kg. (approx.)
Accessories winding-key (modern)