97,000 CHF
Precision Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationPaul Garnier, Horloger du Roi, Paris, circa 1845. Very fine and rare, center-seconds astronomical 6 month-going mantle regulator with remontoir d'égalité wound every 30 seconds. Two blocks of black marble joined by a molded black marble section, small extended marble molding at the top supporting the movement. White enamel, flat, Roman numerals, outer minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. Shaped, humpback, solid brass, pin-wheel escapement, steel-brass Ellicott type compound compensation pendulum, double spring suspension, remontoir wheel mounted on a pivoted rocking bar terminated by a weight on one end and a detent on the other, which, when the weight fallsto a certain point, releases a fly mounted on the 4th pinion of the train which drives the remontoir wheel down, winding the remontoir, Maltese stop work.Signed on the dial and movement.Dim. Height 50 cm, base width 17 cm. Notes It is interesting to note that the clock employs a remontoir based on the principle of Janvier's constant force escapement (as seen in lot No. 44). He also employed a pendulum found in another Janvier clock (see lot No. 45), following the principles of his master.Paul Jean Garnier (1801-1869).Eminent French horologist, pupil and successor of the famous Janvier. About 1830 he invented a new escapement, which was very successfully applied to carriage clocks. He is considered a leading figure in the development of the standardized French carriage clock
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
