RARE PENDULE DE VOYAGE 'GRANDE SONNERIE' FRANCAISE EN LAITON AVEC SECONDES, JOURS DE LA SEMAINE, CALENDRIER ET ALARME A fine and rare French brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with running seconds, days of the week, calendar and alarm
The 5 glass gorge case surmounted by a substantial rippled handle and 2 repeat buttons on plinth base, with grade sonnerie lever underneath, with options for grande sonnerie, silence and petite sonnerie, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel speared hands with running seconds dial at XII, over three subsidiary dials for days of the week (in French), alarm dial and calendar dial, the twin barrel movement with lever platform escapement with bimetallic balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel gongs mounted on a block stamped F.D on three hammers. Currently running, striking and repeating. 17cms high
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The 5 glass gorge case surmounted by a substantial rippled handle and 2 repeat buttons on plinth base, with grade sonnerie lever underneath, with options for grande sonnerie, silence and petite sonnerie, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued steel speared hands with running seconds dial at XII, over three subsidiary dials for days of the week (in French), alarm dial and calendar dial, the twin barrel movement with lever platform escapement with bimetallic balance, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel gongs mounted on a block stamped F.D on three hammers. Currently running, striking and repeating. 17cms high
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