
Lot 27
A large late 19th century French engraved gorge cased petite sonnerie quarter repeating carriage clock with alarm Drocourt, no.12877 1
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,657.50 inc. premium
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A large late 19th century French engraved gorge cased petite sonnerie quarter repeating carriage clock with alarm
Drocourt, no.12877
The highly engraved case with moulded handle over an oval glass inspection panel and repeat button, the lever for petite sonnerie underneath with the options of striking and silent, the white enamel rectangular Arabic and Roman dial with blued steel Breguet style hands with subsidiary alarm dial below. The two train movement with silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic compensated balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued-steel coiled gongs mounted on a block stamped F.D. Ticking, striking and repeating. 18cms (7ins) high (1)
The highly engraved case with moulded handle over an oval glass inspection panel and repeat button, the lever for petite sonnerie underneath with the options of striking and silent, the white enamel rectangular Arabic and Roman dial with blued steel Breguet style hands with subsidiary alarm dial below. The two train movement with silvered lever platform escapement with bi-metallic compensated balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued-steel coiled gongs mounted on a block stamped F.D. Ticking, striking and repeating. 18cms (7ins) high (1)
Footnotes
Purchased in 2014.