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New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 76

"Silver & Gold" Zenith, Swiss. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, silver and gem-set, 8-day going mantel clock in the Renaissance style. To be Sold Without Reserve

USD 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,500 - 8,000

Sold: USD 9,440

C. Rectangular with domed leaf-clad top, anthemion and leafscroll cresting, entablature with inset leaf-scroll panels and paterae, the body engraved with scrolling foliage and applied chased gold leaves, four outset corinthian columns, stepped base decorated to match the entablature, set with ten faceted stones, hinged back door engraved with foliage. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel "alpha" hands. M. Circular, 8-day going, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, back winding. Signed on movement and dial, case signed F. Chiaffe, numbered on movement. Height 14,3 cm, length 8,2 cm, width 6,5 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-45-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present lot is a fine example of the timepieces made from precious metals in the style of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This particular fashion for clocks in the "antiquarian" style became popular around the time of the 1867 Paris Exposition and was a style used by most of the best goldsmiths of the second half of the 19th and early 20th Centuries.