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A fine late 19th century French gilt brass grand sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm Breguet, No:4359 3
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,437.50 inc. premium
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A fine late 19th century French gilt brass grand sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm
Breguet, No:4359
Surmounted by a fancy Art-Nouveau style handle over shaped cornice and base, the 2.5 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with minute band enclosing the blued steel Bregeut style hands, signed and numbered between 35 and 25, in a frosted gilt mask, the twin train movement with frosted plates and barrels, the going train terminating in a silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, rack striking the hours and the quarters on a pair of coiled steel gongs, the backplate further set with the enamel alarm-setting dial and the Margaine trademark. Ticking and striking, together with a brass double ended winding key and a Breguet issued copy of the original invoice. 20cms (7 1/2ins) (3)
Surmounted by a fancy Art-Nouveau style handle over shaped cornice and base, the 2.5 inch white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with minute band enclosing the blued steel Bregeut style hands, signed and numbered between 35 and 25, in a frosted gilt mask, the twin train movement with frosted plates and barrels, the going train terminating in a silvered lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, rack striking the hours and the quarters on a pair of coiled steel gongs, the backplate further set with the enamel alarm-setting dial and the Margaine trademark. Ticking and striking, together with a brass double ended winding key and a Breguet issued copy of the original invoice. 20cms (7 1/2ins) (3)
Footnotes
This clock was sold on the 24th of December 1884 to Madame L. Goldschmidt for 1,200 Francs.