Gilt brass eight-day going, petite sonnerie, quarter repeating, carriage clock with alarm and chronometer escapement, in fitted box. Patek et Cie. a Geneve, circa 1850.
Patek et Cie. a Geneve, circa 1850. Very fine and rare, gilt brass eight-day going, petite sonnerie, quarter repeating, carriage clock with alarm and chronometer escapement, in fitted box. C. Gilt bronze, 'gorge-cannelee', glazed top and side panels, the gilt bronze back door with winding hole shutter, engraved with formal decoration, mounting and mouldings decorated en suite. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, subsidiary small alarm setting ring on chapter XII, subsidiary seconds below chapter VI. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass rectangular with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, gilt brass platform with spring detent escapement, two-arm compensaion balance with wedged poising weights and timing screws, blued-steel helical balance spring. Striking, repeating and alarm on bells with button at the top and Strike/Silent lever on the back. Signed on the dial. Dim. 14.5x10x8.5 cm., excluding the handle.
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