9,775 CHF
L. Leroy & Cie., Horlogers de la Marine, 7, Bd. de la Madeleine, Paris, No. 18365, circa 1900. Fine gilt bronze, eight-day going, quarter - repeating "petite sonnerie" carriage clock with alarm, in original travelling fitted box. GiIt brass, "humpbacked", moulded. Silvered engine-turned with Arabic numerals. Blued-steel "Breguet" hands. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform escapement with lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. Alarm train with small alarm setting dial on the back plate. Striking, repeating and alarm on gongs with button on the top and petite sonnerie/silent optional lever in the base. Signed on the dial and movement. In very good condition. Dim. 16 x 12 x 8 cm. excluding the handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1994-10-15