P. B

P. B. Lepaute à Paris an III, made in 1794. Fine and extremely rare eight-day going decimal and duodecimal travelling clock, striking the panels decimal time, identical to that made for the Concours sur les moyens d'organiser les Montres & les Pendules en divisions décimales, organised by the Convention Nationale, by the Décret voted on 21 Pluviôse, second year of the Republic. Gilt bronze rectangular with glazed side and back door, surmounted by a gallery concealing the folding handle. White enamel with Arabic numerals for the decimal time, outer decimal minute ring, the Roman duodecimal hour ring on the border of the bezel, divided into twice twelve hours (chipped on the edge of the winding holes). Gilt brass Breguet decimal hands, star hand for the regular time. Brass three train rectangular with going barrels, the going train with anchor escapement, short pendulum with knife edge suspension, with lock for transport. Striking the decimal hours and the decimal ten minutes on two bells with independent trains, the two count-wheels on the back plate control the decimal strike mechanism as follow: 1 single stroke at 10 minutes 1 double stroke at 20 minutes 1 double stroke and 1 single stroke at 30 minutes 2 double strokes at 40 minutes 2 double strokes and 1 single stroke at 50 minutes plus the repetition of the previous hour. 3 double strokes at 60 minutes 3 double strokes and 1 single stroke at 70 minutes 4 double strokes at 80 minutes 4 double strokes and 1 single stro