Lot no: 645
Estimate: £10000.00 - £15000.00
Result: £17000.00
FRANÇOIS-ARSÈNE MARGAINE, PARIS FOR HENRY CAPT, GENÈVE A FINE AND RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY GIANT GRANDE SONNERIE QUARTER REPEATING CENTER SECONDS CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR, MOON PHASE AND ALARM IN ORIGINAL LEATHER TRAVELLING CASE The gilt brass gorge case inset with bevelled glass panels enclosing a gilt mask with recessed roman chapter ring enclosing a moon phase aperture, subsidiary dials for day, date and alarm and blued hands fronting an eight-day spring-driven movement with silvered platform signed '4 HC 83', lever escapement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance, flat spring, striking and repeating on two blued gongs, selection switch in base and separate alarm train No. 6863. 26cm high handle up - in original Moroccan leather carrying case with large period key