1,320 CHF
Grande Sonnerie Carriage Clock Swiss. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare, gilt brass, grande sonnerie striking, 8-day going carriage clock with alarm. To be sold without reserve Three-piece, matte gilt, sliding back door, sides and top with beveled glass, hinged carrying handle. Silvered, rectangular, radial painted Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rectangular, gilt brass, going barrels for the going and striking trains, large brass platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking with two hammers on an underslung bell in the base, alarm train with separate barrel and sounding with a further hammer, strikework on the backplate in the Swiss manner, sonnerie/ silence selection on the backplate. Dim. 14.3 x 11.5 x 9 cm. Excluding handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
