Small and unusual capucine, circa 1830, with time and strike,
Very likely a masterpiece
Movement with dual purpose (time and strike) single barrel
of long duration (20 days) and extremely unusual very small
countwheel for the strike, signed Pierre Dechevrand à
Valenciennes. Small enamel dial with arabic numerals and
blued steel hands.
Well-designed case with machined decorations all round,
silvered bell on top.
Height, with handle upright: 26cm

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Small Consulate-period (circa 1800) travelling clock,
signed ENGAZ à PARIS. (Rue Helvétius, 1800-1810,
then Rue Sainte-Anne, 1820. ref Tardy, Dictionnaire
des Horlogers Français). Polished brass case with
ormolu decorations (feet, finials, bezel, handle
and hands). Enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic
on the quarters, finely cut ormolu hands, the alarm
set by a blued steel hand and armed by a pull-wind,
striking on a silvered bell above.
Recoil anchor escapement with silk suspension,
beautifully made hammer and blued steel ratchet wheel.
Autonomy 2 weeks.
Height 21cm handle up.

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Late 18th C. French Capucine,
enamel dial with Arabic numerals,
and signature Villeÿ à Bourg.
Double rack strike on the hour and
two minutes past the hour, single
half-hourly strike on a sivered bell.
Strike repeat on demand by a lever on the right side.
Finely cut blued steel hands, brass alarm hand.
Eight-day movement with simplified maltese cross
winding stops on both barrels,
Anchor recoil escapement and silk suspension.
Alarm system set by the brass hand on the dial,
and wound by pulling the string on the left side.
Pendulum with rod and square made of a single steel piece.
Height (with carrying handle upright): 28cm

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Grande Sonnerie gilt carriage clock with alarm,
enamel dial with Roman numerals, with subsidiary
for alarm and Arabic numerals, in a Gorge case.
Movement made and signed
L LEROY & Cie, 7 Bd DE LA MADELEINE, PARIS.
Swiss lever silvered platform escapement with bi-metallic balance,
alarm and strikes on two gongs, trip repeating grande sonnerie
striking with lever for grande sonnerie/silence/petite sonnerie
at the bottom. Maltese crosses fitted on movement side
barrel, autonomy 1 week.
Along with a leather case and double-ended key.
Dimensions: 7cm x 6cm x 13cm  handle raised.


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Small and Very early capucine, circa 1770, with time and alarm.
Movement with single barrel and extremely unusual
Chevalier de Béthune escapement with adjustable pallets.
Alarm set by a brass disk on the dial, very finely
cut blued steel hands. Enamel dial by Charvin, with
Roman numerals and arabic 5-minutes indications.
Runs 8 days.
Height, with handle upright: 21cm

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Early 19th C. French Capucine,
 enamel dial with Roman numerals,
and signature Gaillard à Lyon.
Double rack strike on the hour and
two minutes past the hour, single
half-hourly strike on a sivered bell.
Alarm set by a third hand on the dial.
Finely cut blued steel hands,
 brass alarm hand.
Eight-day movement with simplified maltese
 cross winding stops on both barrels,
very rare verge escapement and silk suspension.
Alarm system set by the brass hand on the dial,
 and wound by pulling the string on the left side.
Pendulum with rod and square made
 of a single steel piece.
Height (with carrying handle upright): 30cm


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Early 19th C. French Capucine, enamel dial with Roman numerals,
red arabic numerals for the quarter markers, and red signature
Martin à Bagnol (North of Limoges in the Massif Central).
Double rack strike on the hour and two minutes past the hour, single
half-hourly strike on a sivered bell. Alarm set by a third hand on the dial.
Finely cut blued steel hands with brass tips, steel alarm hand.
Eight-day movement with simplified maltese cross winding stops on both barrels,
anchor recoil escapement with silk suspension.
Alarm system set by the steel hand on the dial,
and wound by pulling the string on the left side.
Height (with carrying handle upright): 30cm

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Early 19th C. French Capucine,
enamel dial with Roman numerals,
signed E. Doyen à Lodève.
(35kms West of Montpellier)
Double rack strike on the hour and
two minutes past the hour, single
half-hourly strike on a sivered bell.
Alarm set by a third hand on the dial,
repeat lever to the side,
Finely cut brass hands.
Anchor recoil escapement with silk suspension.
Height (with carrying handle upright): 30cm

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Late 19th century French repeating carriage clock
retailed by Crouch and Sons, Paris
The gilt and silvered brass case with three-piece handle
surmount over moulded top section, free-standing fluted
columns with foliate decoration, rich moulding and fluted
block feet, the signed white enamel dial with Roman and
Arabic numerals and blued steel moon hands to the twin
barrel gong-striking movement with silvered
lever platform escapement with bi-metallic cut balance wheel.
Height 22cm

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