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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 145

?Calendar Carriage Clock? Czapek & Cie, Paris & Geneve, No. 5447. Made circa 1880. Very fine, small, hour and half-hour striking and repeating, 8 day-going carriage clock with alarm, calendar, fitted morocco leather covered travelling case with brass fittings and numbered key.

CHF 4,500 - 6,500

EUR 2,800 - 3,800 / USD 3,700 - 5,300

Sold: CHF 6,608

C. Gilt brass ?gorge?, glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. D. White enamel, rectangular, chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials below for date and alarm. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrels for the going, striking and alarm trains, lateral lever escapement on a frosted gilt platform, bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating the hours and half-hours on a bell. Dial signed, case and movement numbered. Dim. 111 x 74 x 67 mm., excluding the handle.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-15

Good

Slightly rusted
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-43-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Czapek & Cie. Frantisek Czapek was a Polish émigré who arrived in Switzerland in 1832 after the failed Polish insurrection against Russia. On May 1, 1839, Antoni Patek and Czapek founded the firm Patek et Czapek in Geneva. The partnership lasted six years, during which many exceptional watches were produced. Afterwards, Patek established Patek, Philippe Co. with a new partner, Adrien Philippe, and Czapek founded "Czapek et Cie", with Juliusz Gruzewski. The company did well. Gruzewski was a personal friend of Napoleon III, and Czapek quickly became watchmaker to the court of the Emperor. He had a factory in Geneva, a shop in Warsaw, and another in Paris.