DESCRIPTION:
France or Switzerland, a rare, early, petit sonnerie striking carriage clock with alarm and travel case, signed Breguet, gilt, glazed, one piece case with molded base, Roman numeral silvered dial with blued steel Breguet style hands, subsidiary alarm chapter, and engraved "Breguet, a Paris", 8 day, time and strike movement with both trains driven by a single barrel, striking the last quarter in passing, and with grand sonnerie repeating on blued, wire gongs, the polished steel strikework mounted to the back plate, and also bearing a silvered plate engraved "Breguet", duplex platform escapement, with two piece steel escape wheel and brass balance, and with alarm striking on a bell in the base, contained in its original wooden, gilt stamped leather covered case with gilt hardware
CONDITION:
case with minor losses to gilding, rear upper molding lacking gilding, glasses good, dial with minor scratches and scuffing, hour and minute hands good, alarm hand replaced, movement with minor scratches and tarnish, running, striking, and repeating correctly, travel case dirty, with scuffing and minor losses to covering, lining with wear and minor losses, joint separation at bottom
ESTIMATE:
$8000
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$12000
PRICE SOLD:
$3500
CIRCA: 1830
DIMENSIONS: 6.5in x 4.25 x 3.5in
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