LOT 9 A fine and rare early 20th century French giant, grande sonnerie stiking carriage clock with running seconds, calendar and alarm, with case and original numbered key Made by Drocourt for Tiffany & Co, Geneva, numbered 14547 3
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Made by Drocourt for Tiffany & Co, Geneva, numbered 14547 The gorge case with typical rippled handle and elaborate cornice over shaped uprights and a concave base, with heavy bevelled glass panels, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with running seconds at XII and good matching gilt hands, signed for the retailers and set over a shaped aperture revealing three subsidiaries displaying day of the week, time of alarm and date of the month, all within an engraved mask of foliate scrolls, the substantial signed and numbered movement with large gilt platform and cut and compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and quarters on a pair of blued steel coiled gongs set in a block stamped F.D., the trains wound via the original numbered key, all hands set with integral knurled knobs, the case numbered to the underside and set with a three-position selection lever offering a choice of 'Striking, Silent and Full Striking' options. The leather travelling case with applied printed label to the underside for 'The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd., and with decorative brass button feet in the form of flowerheads, (lid and sliding front cover lacking). Ticking, but not currently striking/repeating. 25cms (10ins.) high (3)
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