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Lot 27

A rare mid 19th century French brass conductor's timepiece with alarm
Eugn. Fillion, Eleve de Lepaute, Paris. No:2 1

11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A rare mid 19th century French brass conductor's timepiece with alarm

Eugn. Fillion, Eleve de Lepaute, Paris. No:2
The substantial panelled brass case incorporating 24 steel screws, surmounted by an engraved alarm-setting hand and substantial shaped and hinged strap handle over the 2.5 inch white enamel Roman dial signed for F.Fillion, with minute track and steel hands, (the time set via a knurled knob set to the front), the signed and numbered backplate with hinged regulation index, integral alarm winding hand and ratchet-type going train key, the movement with lever platform escapement and going barrel, the alarm striking on a bell. Ticking.

15cm (5 1/2ins) high (1)

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Eugene Fillion worked as a clockmaker in Paris around the middle of the nineteenth century.

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