Lot 17
A rare mid 19th century French carriage clock with alarm and chaff-cutter escapement J. B. Beguin, Paris Number 178, the front plate stamped H.L.
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,152 inc. premium
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A rare mid 19th century French carriage clock with alarm and chaff-cutter escapement
J. B. Beguin, Paris Number 178, the front plate stamped H.L.
The case surmounted by a shaped handle above the robust escapement observation window, the top and pillars cast with foliate tendrils, braced by four bevelled glass panels and supported on a moulded floral base with shaped feet. The Roman enamel dial signed J. B. Beguin A Paris in the chapter ring under VI and elegant blued steel quatre-foil hands, a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial with blued steel pointer below VI. The triple spring barrel movement with chaff-cutter escapement to a light monometallic balance and outside countwheel, the backplate stamped J. B. Beguin a Paris 178, the alarm setting arbor unusually set with a click spring. Ticking and striking with a double ended winding key and service report for the clock from 1966. 18cms (7ins) high
The case surmounted by a shaped handle above the robust escapement observation window, the top and pillars cast with foliate tendrils, braced by four bevelled glass panels and supported on a moulded floral base with shaped feet. The Roman enamel dial signed J. B. Beguin A Paris in the chapter ring under VI and elegant blued steel quatre-foil hands, a subsidiary Arabic alarm dial with blued steel pointer below VI. The triple spring barrel movement with chaff-cutter escapement to a light monometallic balance and outside countwheel, the backplate stamped J. B. Beguin a Paris 178, the alarm setting arbor unusually set with a click spring. Ticking and striking with a double ended winding key and service report for the clock from 1966. 18cms (7ins) high
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