Switzerland, a Pendule d'Officer style travel clock, the dovetailed wooden case with underpainted horn veneer, gilt brass gallery with turned finials, cyma curved arms supporting a molded tassel below an Ouroboros form handle, gilt waterleaf cornice, gilt
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24 October 2024
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veneer with splits, losses to veneer on case back, gilding with losses, glass with minor scratches, dial with small chip at winding arbor, hands very good, right side fret with minor loss, rear fret replaced, right rear foot replaced, running and striking correctly, alarm functional.
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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Switzerland, a Pendule d'Officer style travel clock, the dovetailed wooden case with underpainted horn veneer, gilt brass gallery with turned finials, cyma curved arms supporting a molded tassel below an Ouroboros form handle, gilt waterleaf cornice, gilt beaded and molded base on turned feet, and gilt rope molding framing lattice panels on sides and back, gilt bezel with convex glass, Arabic numeral white enamel dial, original pierced and engraved gilt hands, movement of two to three day duration, with Sully variant two plane escapement, with time, grand sonnerie strike on demand, and alarm functions, the strike and alarm trains wound by cords veneer with splits, losses to veneer on case back, gilding with losses, glass with minor scratches, dial with small chip at winding arbor, hands very good, right side fret with minor loss, rear fret replaced, right rear foot replaced, running and striking correctly, alarm functional.
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