A FINE AND RARE GILT-BRASS GORGE CASE GIANT GRANDE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE, CALENDAR, TEMPERATURE AND STATE OF WIND

The gilt-brass Gorge case with pivoted handle above a large rectangular bevelled glass panel, with moulded pediment above four bevelled glazed panels, on shaped foot, the 3 1/2in matt gilt dial surround, with recessed main dial with further recessed seconds dial at the XII, detailed A.  ECALLE Horl^ger de la Marine / 93 & 94 Palais Royal, Paris, with blued steel Gothic-cross hands and moonphase aperture below, with five further recessed subsidiary dials for temperature, day of the week, alarm, date and state of wind, the large twin train movement numbered 16571 and with Drocourt's cachet mark, with large silvered platform lever escapement, striking the hours and quarters on two blued steel gongs, the brass gong block stamped FD in an oval, with alarm train, four knurled brass finger buttons for the time and calendar adjustment, the underside of the baseplate numbered 16571, with lever for adjusting MOON and a further lever for STRIKING/SILENCE/FULL STRIKING, the underside of the foot plate numbered 16571

27cm high (handle up)

Auguste Ecalle was located in Palais Royal, Galerie Beaujolais from 1880-1890.  He was celebrated for his precision timekeepers, and was also agent for Dent.

Giant carriage clocks are rare, especially with these full range of complications.

Others sold: Christie's, London, 6 December 2006, lot 3 but with only three subsidiary dials (£8,400).
Bonhams, London, 11 December 2019, lot 6 (£10,062)

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CONDITION REPORT
There is no key.  The glasses are all in good condition.  The clock strikes and repeats the hours and quarters.  The movement is ticking with a good action and going.  The handle has some wear to the gilding showing the under-metal.  The definition on the handle curves, where it joins the lugs, is not as sharp and perhaps may be an after market addition?