Only Online Auction
Geneva, Apr 03, 2025
LOT 152
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND LIMOGES ENAMEL STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK,
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
HKD 89,000 - 134,000 / USD 11,400 - 17,100 / EUR 10,400 - 15,600TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Extremely fine and very rare, gilt-brass, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock.
Gilt-brass, anglaise riche, with Corinthian columns and silvered dentilled cornice, beveled glass aperture in the top for viewing the escapement, hinged handle with fluted silvered center, each side set with a very finely painted grisaille and colored enamel Limoges School Revival panel depicting a winged cherubs, glazed back door, button for the repeating on the top.
Gilt-brass, anglaise riche, with Corinthian columns and silvered dentilled cornice, beveled glass aperture in the top for viewing the escapement, hinged handle with fluted silvered center, each side set with a very finely painted grisaille and colored enamel Limoges School Revival panel depicting a winged cherubs, glazed back door, button for the repeating on the top.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
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. 1923
Material Gilt brass
Dimensions 15 x 10 x 9 cm. Excluding handle.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 26% of the hammer price on each lot.
Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete.
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