3,750 CHF
L'EPÉE - CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR & MOON PHASE L'Epée, France. Made in the late 20th century. Fine, gold-plated, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with duo-date calendar, alarm, moon phases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by a key. Gold plated, "gorge", polished, glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm setting, date and days of the week dials below, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar on the edge. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, going barrels for the going and striking trains, 11 jewels, straight-line lever escapement mounted on a matte gilt platform, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Notes Dial and movement signed. DIM. 14.4 x 9.7 x 8.6 cm. excluding handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
