C.1895 French Sedan Carriage Clock with Miniature Portraits

Case: The heavily cast silvered-bronze multi-piece case has finely detailed decorative elements including scrolling foliage and several architectural components. Dial: The off...

Rare French Drum Carriage Clock with Unusual Escapement. F333 RED, No.25. The nickel drum shaped case has shaped posts screwed to the front and back,...

Maker: Breguet # 5257 Stamped Soldano on the underside of the platform. Case: The gilt-bronze case with original gold in typical gorge-cased form is stamped on the underside ‘440’ and ‘1275’. Dial: The white porcelain dial has Roman numerals for the hours, steel-cut Breguet-style hands and is signed ‘Breguet, 5257’. Movement: The eight-day movement has all the indications in both French and English, has a blank stamp where the the trade-mark stamp for the ebauche maker was scrubbed, is numbered ‘1275’ and ‘440’, is engraved ‘Breguet, 5257’ and strikes the quarters on a bell. Above sits the balance platform with a lever escapement and a beautifully engine-turned mask. The underside is stamped Soldano. Notes: Breguet was founded by Abraham Louis Breguet and is one of the most famous horological dynasties in history. The are noted for exceptional quality and design and often for advanced technological innovations and their pieces always demand a premium. They are one of the few firms that still have extensive sales records and know who the original buyers were for each and every piece. An Official Breguet Attestation from 2010 states that this clock was completed in 1876 and sold to M. Daupius for 450 FF. Soldano Paris Exhibitions, Bronze Medals 1855 and 1878 for carriage clocks...

Case: The large gilt-bronze gorge style case has crisp molded edges, beveled glasses to five sides and a hinged handle above. Dial: The pink porcelain dial has decorative grey and light blue fields for the main and subsidiary dials that include the days, date and alarm, black Roman numerals on white shields for the hours, steel-cut hands and a moon aperture framed by a dark blue night sky and 29.5 day scale...

Lee & Son, Belfast – Retailer The very heavy gilt-bronze case has a bollard handle, a glass viewing panel above, is stamped 1522 and has a pinned back door with the release on th...

Maker: Signed M. Bornert, Strasbourg Case: The small ormolu case depicts a Gothic brickwork cathedral with a stepped base, arched windows to the sides and the Strasbourg coat of arms centered above. The columns rise to an arched gable that is surmounted by decorative pinnacles and a climbing knight. Dial: The engraved silvered dials are composed of concentric rings bordered by polished gilt bezels. The time dial has Roman numerals for the hours, shaped steel-cut hands and is signed. ‘M. Bornert, Strasbourg’. It encircles the date dial that has a steel-cut indicator hand with a gilt star and a glazed center. Below are the day and month sub-dials, both with glazed centers and star studded hands, a leap year indicator dial and a digital year indicator aperture. Above is the shrouded two-tone rotating moon mounted against an enamel plaque that depicts the night sky. Movement: The carriage clock movement has screwed posts, is wound and set off the back plate and retains the original balance platform with a cylinder escapement and steel one piece balance wheel. All the motion, lunar and calendar work runs off the front plate and is partially visible through the glazed dial centers. The lunar feature is geared directly into the movement so the moon continually rotates while the day, date and month are automatically tripped as needed. The perpetual feature is governed by a set of small steel springs and levers mounted to the center calendar wheel that adjust to trip all the calendar features accordingly. The year is changed manually by pulling the knob on the back which advances the year and leap year indicator hand by one. Leap day is indicated by pushing the lever on the side every 4 years which trips the calendar hand backwards by one thus giving another day in February. Notes: Strasbourg Cathedral...

A French miniature gilt-brass and four panel porcelain-mounted eight day timepiece carriage clock. The corniche case with Sevres style painted porcelain panels to all sides depictin...

Miniature French timepiece carriage clock in English silver case, hallmarked London. The clock is delightful and would look wonderful adorning a desk. The movement was made in France...

French miniature brass carriage clock in case The carriage clock in black leather case has an enamel dial with Roman numerals. The mechanism with an anchor escapement and is of a la...

A stunning miniature eight day timepiece carriage clock with highly attractive and finely executed Champlevé enamel panels. The colour combination including rich yellow, greens and blues is quite unusual and seldom seen. The richly gilded miniature Corniche case has delicate floral Champlevé enamel panels of yellows, greens and cornflower blue, with a rectangular glazed viewing aperture and hinged carrying handle to the top. This beautiful clock has a Champlevé Arabic dial with fine spade gilt hands and a single going barrel movement with original silvered platform...

Antique Edwardian French quality brass miniature carriage clock having a quality brass case with shaped corners and bevelled edge, glass panels, shaped carrying handle to the top, wh...

A miniature antique 19th-century French carriage clock with key wind mechanism. Footed rectangular case with a handle on top made of gilt bronze. Clear glass sides display the clock mechanism. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and inscription Leroy et Fils...