Attributed to Courvoisier, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, quarter striking carriage clock with dead-center seconds, glazed, gilt brass case on turned feet, front door with scalloped ornament, gilt, engraved mask enframing the Roman numeral white enamel

Attributed to Courvoisier, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, quarter striking carriage clock with dead-center seconds, glazed, gilt brass case on turned feet, front door with scalloped ornament, gilt, engraved mask enframing the Roman numeral white enamel dial and subsidiary alarm and date displays, blued steel Breguet style hands, 8 day movement having a chronometer platform with pivoted detent escapement and five arm steel balance, and polished steel strike work with blued springs mounted to the back plate, grand sonnerie (night) striking changing automatically to petit sonnerie (day) striking every twelve hours, repeating the hours and quarters on demand, case bottom with sonnerie/ silent lever, case bottom numbered 118 case dirty, and with losses to gilding, feet replaced, repeat button replaced, dial mask with minor wear at winding apertures, time dial with a few minor scratches, minor chips around holes in date and alarm dials, seconds hand replaced, movement dirty, gummy, a few specks of oxide on bright work, running and striking, service and adjustment recommended, petite striking with one dead blow sounding (an adjustment of the lever which blocks the hammers needed). This clock is essentially identical to clocks by Frederic Courvoisier illustrated in "Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks" by Derek Roberts, and "Carriage Clocks" by Allix & Bonnert. An important difference present in this clock is the use of a central seconds hand, beating dead seconds; this may be unique, as all of the other Courvoisier clocks we are aware of with seconds display do so on a seconds bit below 12:00. Although this clock is unsigned, the favorable comparison with the illustrated clocks supports our attribution. A rare clock.