Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 432
Unsigned
8-day going, mantel-clock, hour and half-hour striking, bissextile perpetual calendar, moon phases, equation of time indication, visible Brocot escapement; brass and bevelled glasses
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,100 - 4,100 / USD 2,200 - 4,300 / HKD 16,600 - 33,200
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-6-8 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6-8** |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-8-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, France
Year circa 1900-1920
Movement No. 3 626
Case No. unnumbered
Material brass and bevelled glasses
Caliber Ø 80 mm., 8-day going, two going barrels, visible Brocot escapement; striking in passing the hours and half-hours on a gong; driving the calendar mechanism (placed below) which can be manually corrected
Dimensions 33 x 19 x 15.5 cm.
Weight 7 kg. (approx.)
Signature movement (monogramed “E.C” inside a horizontal lozenge)
Accessories steel winding-key (No. 7)
Notes
This clock is a late and economical version of the Brocot’s model of the 1870s.
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The Brocot
The Brocot family was in effect responsible for the perfection of the “Pendule de Paris”; they were not only responsible for the development of the movement, but also the creators of a style that was to be adopted by all. As examples, the “Tambour Brocot” and the “Régulateur à Glaces” continued to be made right through until 1930. By dint of constant research, they continued to invent and perfect, throughout the 19th century, different systems for pendulum suspensions, escapements, perpetual calendars and striking work. Equally shrewd in business, they developed an international market, creating models that enjoyed an extraordinary success with the buying public; at the same time, producing docks of exceptional complexity to the special order of the European aristocracy and the Oriental potentates.
Bibliography
· Chavigny, Richard, Les Brocot, une dynastie d’horlogers, Neuchâtel, Editions Antoine Simonin, 1991.
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