4,125 CHF
L’Epée - Limited Edition Carriage Clock L’Epée, France “Corniche”, No. 069/999. Made in a limited edition of 999 examples in 1994. Fine, gilt brass, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm and etched glass back door. Accompanied by a L’Epée box and key. Gilt brass, "Corniche", polished, glazed sides, the back door etched with the outline of an antique 4-glass mantel clock, 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 dial below. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, 11 jewels, straight-line lever escapement mounted on a frosted gilt platform, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered and dated. Dim. 13.3 x 9.3 x 8.2 cm. excluding handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-05-15
