7,705 CHF
Allain & Co, France, circa 1840. Fine and interesting walnut and ormolu, 8 day going, dead center seconds, hour and half-hour striking table regulator à colonnes. By Thevenard, portico type, molded base, four columns with ormolu bases and capitals, walnut top with molded cornice. Silvered, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding apertures in the center. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Circular, 109 mm, brass full plate, going barrels, pin wheel escapement, "Berthoud" gridiron compensation pendulum with spring suspension and micrometric beat adjustment, special mechanism changing the beat from half-seconds to dead seconds.Signed on the movement. Dim. 51 mm Notes This clock employs an interesting mechanism that allows the half-second pendulum mechanism to display dead seconds.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24