A FRENCH GILT-BRASS GORGE CASED GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
By Lepine, Place Victories, 2, Paris, No 27367, with numbered key and case, circa 1890
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£2,000 - £3,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The Gorge case with five bevelled glass rectangular panels, engraved to the base recess 27367 and with three-point strike setting lever, the signed white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and five-minute markers, with alarm subsidiary below, with an engraved foliate mask, original silvered platform lever escapement with bi-metallic cut balance and blued steel overcoil hairspring, the twin train movement signed and numbered, striking on two blued steel gongs
18 cm high
Condition report:
With original leather case and key.
The movement will require a service. It ticks and strikes the hours and quarters, although slightly sluggish. The gilding to the case is worn in places and tarnished.
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