16,100 CHF
Le Roy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris, 211 Regent Street, London, No. 11088, circa 1890. Fine and rare gilt brass quarter-repeating "Petite sonnerie" carriage clock with alarm and music. Gilt brass, glazed "Anglaise Riche" with Corinthian columns. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and subsidiary alarm setting dial. Blued-steel Breguet hands. eight-day double train movement with going barrels. Silvered platform escapement, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, bluedsteel Breguet balance spring. Striking, repeating and alarm on two gongs, with button on the top, Silence and petite sonnerie selection lever on the base. Two tune cylinder musical movement in the base with tune selection lever. In very good condition. Dim. 15,5 x 10 x 9 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
