Importantes Montres de Collection
Geneva, Nov 13, 2011
LOT 452
MUSICAL & AUTOMATON PANORAMA - THE HARBOR ENTRANCE French. Made circa 1880. Very fine and rare, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking, three-dimensional, musical and automaton clock panorama, the music playing one of three tunes on the hour or at will.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
USD 7,500 - 10,000 / EUR 5,800 - 7,500
Sold: CHF 21,250
C. Gilt wood framed with glazed front with verre eglomise border, three-dimensional harbor scene painted in oils, a chateau on the cliffs with the clock at the front, painted fabric sea with two automaton ships rising and falling in the swell. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Black steel hands. M. Square, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, brass bob pendulum with silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a gong with count wheel on the back plate. Musical movement, brass bed with pinned brass cylinder, playing three tunes on tuned steel teeth in a single comb on the hour or at will, brass fl y governor, pull-stops for start/stop, tune change and for the separate automaton movement in the base. Automaton movement signed J.C. Cailly. Dim. 95 x 72 cm In good condition
