Lot 28
A good late 19th century French engraved repeating carriage clock with alarm Aubert & Klaftenberger, Geneve 4
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,912.50 inc. premium
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A good late 19th century French engraved repeating carriage clock with alarm
Aubert & Klaftenberger, Geneve
The highly elaborate case with rippled handle over an oval bevelled glass inspection panel and repeat button over two bevelled rectangular side panels, the signed white enamel rectangular dial with Roman numerals and blued-steel trefoil hands over a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial, the signed twin train movement with lever platform escapement with bimetallic compensated balance striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking. Sold with a leather travelling case with modern handle with velvet lining, a brass double ended winding key and a later winding key. 16cms (6 inches) high (4)
The highly elaborate case with rippled handle over an oval bevelled glass inspection panel and repeat button over two bevelled rectangular side panels, the signed white enamel rectangular dial with Roman numerals and blued-steel trefoil hands over a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial, the signed twin train movement with lever platform escapement with bimetallic compensated balance striking the hours and half hours on a bell. Ticking and striking. Sold with a leather travelling case with modern handle with velvet lining, a brass double ended winding key and a later winding key. 16cms (6 inches) high (4)
Footnotes
Purchased in July 2015.
Overhauled in March 2016.
The firm of Aubert & Klaftenberger was created in 1835 by the international partnership of two watch retailers, the London-based C.J. Klaftenberger and D.F. Aubert of Geneva. Prince Albert appreciated the firm as suppliers of watches as gifts, and he and Queen Victoria ordered many watches from 1845 onwards.
During the Great Exhibition of 1851 Aubert & Klaftenberger showed many clocks and watches, and were granted an Honourable Mention from the Jury. In 1859 they were granted a Royal Warrant.
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