Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 8

?The Lighthouse? GLT (Guilmet), Paris, circa 1910. Fine and very rare steel and brass, eight day going, hour and half-hour striking automaton clock in the shape of a lighthouse

USD 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,400 - 3,200

Sold: USD 7,080

C. Circular with upper glazed section revealing the revolving ?lamp?, with three colored faceted crystals over gallery above ?stone? work tower on slate base. D. Silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?Poker? hands. M. Circular, brass, large going barrel, anchor escapement, spring suspension with Y-shaped arrangement connecting to the pendulum which animates the ?lamp?, micrometric regulator. Striking on a bell. Movement punched with maker?s mark. Dim. Height 60 cm base diameter 22 cm.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 4-14**

Fair

Damaged

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-05

Good

HANDS Luminous material reapplied

Notes

The following two lots are of the type called ?industrial clocks?, due to the fact that their forms are inspired by the technology of their period.: bicycles, printing presses, airplanes, automobiles, locomotives, steam engines, lighthouses, battleships, etc. Their animation reproduces the real-life action of the objects they represent. They were produced in France from the end of the 19th century until the 1920s, using the classic ?Paris? movement.