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A good first half of the 19th century burr walnut travelling alarm timepiece Clerke, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A good first half of the 19th century burr walnut travelling alarm timepiece
Clerke, London
The rectangular case surmounted by a foliate-cast handle over bevelled glazed panels to an ogee base on a tall plinth, all veneered in lively burr figuring, the 3.75 inch signed circular Roman dial with minute band and blued steel hands framed by a silvered sight ring within the locking brass bezel, the rectangular movement with tapering turned pillars, the going train with maintaining power to the chain fusee and terminating in a large platform with cut and compensated bimetallic balance with chamfered edge to the platform, the alarm train with spring barrel and set via a silvered chapter ring and blued steel hand mounted on the backplate and sounding on a T-shaped hammer on the bell mounted below 27cms (10.5ins) high.
The rectangular case surmounted by a foliate-cast handle over bevelled glazed panels to an ogee base on a tall plinth, all veneered in lively burr figuring, the 3.75 inch signed circular Roman dial with minute band and blued steel hands framed by a silvered sight ring within the locking brass bezel, the rectangular movement with tapering turned pillars, the going train with maintaining power to the chain fusee and terminating in a large platform with cut and compensated bimetallic balance with chamfered edge to the platform, the alarm train with spring barrel and set via a silvered chapter ring and blued steel hand mounted on the backplate and sounding on a T-shaped hammer on the bell mounted below 27cms (10.5ins) high.