A French gilt brass grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm
A French gilt brass grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm, unsigned, late 19th century.
The eight-day two train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking the full hour followed by ting-tang notation for the quarters on a pair of graduated gongs every quarter-hour, the backplate with stamped C.J diamond lozenge trademark above BEST and number 5239 to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, blued steel moon hands and alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel glazed gilt brass obis case with hinged carrying handle and full Hours and Quarters/Quarters/Silent selection lever to underside, 14.5cm (5.75ins) high excluding handle.
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A French gilt brass grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm, unsigned, late 19th century.
The eight-day two train movement with silvered platform lever escapement and striking the full hour followed by ting-tang notation for the quarters on a pair of graduated gongs every quarter-hour, the backplate with stamped C.J diamond lozenge trademark above BEST and number 5239 to lower left hand corner, the rectangular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track, blued steel moon hands and alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel glazed gilt brass obis case with hinged carrying handle and full Hours and Quarters/Quarters/Silent selection lever to underside, 14.5cm (5.75ins) high excluding handle.
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