16,800 CHF
Omega Rossignol Omega, movement No. 6770135, case number 7551097, Ref. 13.309, the case by R. Lalique. Movement and movement case sold to Lalique in 1931. Exceptionally fine and rare, frosted glass and chrome 8-day going Art Deco mantel clock. Round, the front decorated with 12 nightingales and black painted Arabic hours, feather-spray central decoration, the back chromed, raised on a round foot. Steel sword hands. Cal 59.8D, 3/4 plate, nickel-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with three adjustments, blued-steel breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case signed R. Lalique, France, movement signed Omega Watch Co., Swiss. Diam 19.5 cm, height including base, 20.5 cm. Notes The present clock is an excellent example of the collaboration between Omega and the top designers of the day. René Lalique is widely recognized as one of the greatest glassmakers to have ever worked in France and his pieces have come to epitomize French Art Deco. The information concerning this clock is drawn from Félix Marcilhac's "Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre de R. Lalique", Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris 1994, ref. 735, p. 374. The model was created on February 10, 1931 and was illustrated in the 1932 catalogue. René Lalique (1860 -1945). a French jeweler, Lalique was trained in Paris and London, and in 1885 took over the workshop of the Parisian jeweler Jules d'Estape. He embarked on a career that revolutionized jewelery de
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-05-08
