DESCRIPTION:
Charles Edouard O'Keenan, Paris, a rare electromechanical table or mantel clock with "OK Motor" remontoire, the round, brass crystal regulator style case with molded top and base, and fluted column frames containing four beveled glasses, roman numeral white enamel dial with blued steel spade hands, brass movement with round plates, jeweled Brocot escapement and mercury pendulum, and a continuously rotating motor with horseshoe magnet behind the movement driving an arbor with clutch, and winding a hairspring which powers the movement
CONDITION:
case with spotting and tarnish, rear glass with chips at upper right, dial with hairlines, hands with specks of oxide, movement very dirty, will run, motor runs and rewinds spring, pendulum with losses to gilding, steel parts with minor oxide
ESTIMATE:
$1200
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$1500
PRICE SOLD:
$9000
CIRCA: 1910
DIMENSIONS: 10.75in x 7in x
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