32,400 CHF
Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royal GieMontpensier 13-15, Paris, 296 Regency Street, London, No. 6666. Made circa 1870. Very fine, gilt brass, center dead-seconds, hour and half-hour striking pendulumtable clockwith perpetual calendar, phases of themoon, thermometers in Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales, barometer and Defossez escapement. Domed top, molded base, six round feet, glazed on four sides, columns on the sides, finial at the top. White enamel ring set below the dome with Roman numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions, blued steel, Breguet hands, center set with the escapement against white enamel plate with winding apertures, below to the right enamel ring with months and date, to the left, days of the month on enamel ring with aperture for the phases of the moon and its age, lower part with aneroid barometer with blued steel “arrow” hand and smaller “reminder” hand, sides with thermometers, whole on gilt brass plate engraved with scrolling and stylized foliage patterns. Circular, 108 mm, brass, made by Pons, going barrels, Defossez unidirectional coup perdu escapement beating seconds, spring suspension with regulation from the dial, pendulum with steel rod and heavy gilt brass bob, separate movement for the calendar below and at the bottom bimetallic barometer movement. Signed on dial and movement, movement also signed by Pons, the ebauche maker. Dim. Height 58 cm, base width 35 cm. Notes This clock employs F. Richard’s July 9, 1863 patent for a combination of clocks
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
