Prestige clocks

Rare Hungarian gilt brass monted table timepiece,
signed Patits Karoly Pesten, dated 1845, very likely
a masterpiece.
13-cm finely foliate engraved silvered dial with
Roman numerals signed Patits C., fine blued hands
and sweep seconds, similarly engraved gilt case
surmounted by the large platform cylinder escapement
inscribed zehn zapfen in steinlöcher
with plain balance wheel, exquisite quality movement
throughout with endstones, back with wheatear border
signed Patits Károly Pesten 1845,
ogee shaped ebonized base with foliate gilt brass mounts
raised on bracket feet, together with a similarly
signed winder, further in scribed
Tiz köben járó nyolcz napos cylinder óra.
(the city of Pesten was to be later merged with the
city of Buda to form what is now Budapest).
Height 30,5cm

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French Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze
sculptural glazed mantel clock, approx 1802-3.
Enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer
five-minute marking, signed Robin à Paris.
Finely pierced gilt hands, the hour hand with
monogram R, steel center-sweeping seconds hand.
Movement with deadbeat escapement on a sixty-teeth
wheel visible at the rear, and signed
Robin Fils à Paris.
Countwheel striking on a bell, heavy gridiron
sunburst two-faced pendulum.
Glazed ormolu case with moulded top surmounted
by a patinated seated figure of "Amour menaçant",
elaborately pierced ornament with a mask and vines
below the dial and a bow above.
Rectangular breakfront base with a relief of playing
Putti at the front and pierced scrollwork to the
sides and back, bronzework of excellent quality
with original gilt.
The patinated bronze figure of "Amour menaçant" was
modelled after the marble original made for
Madame de Pompadour by Etienne Maurice Falconet
which was exhibited at the Salon of 1757.
Jean-Joseph Robin was Robert Robin's eldest son and
was established in the Rue St-Honoré in Paris in the
late 18thC and early 19thC. He was a clockmaker of
great repute and the quality of his work was well up
to the level attained by his father.
He very likely made this clock as a special order
and as such it is a unique example.
Excellent precision timekeeping, 1 month going.
Illustrated in "Tardy, French Clocks The
World Over, part II" pp 138-139.
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Late 18th-Century industrial regulator signed
Hubert Sarton, Horloger-mécanicien
de son A.C. à Liège.
Cherrywood case with thick oak backplate.
15-month running
movement with maintaining power and
pin-wheel escapement protected
by anti-dust plates on three top sides .
Very elaborate and unique self-levelling
mechanism held by a second heavy pendulum
connected to to the rear of the movement,
which is suspended by two heavy pins on top

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Early Victorian Mahogany Wall Regulator, circa 1830.
signed Kleyser & Co. High Street, Boro.
fusee and chain movement with Graham deadbeat escapement
glass rod and brass cylindrical bob.

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Exceptional early 19th century French mahogany
floorstanding regulator of one month duration with solar
and mean time display, centre seconds,
pinwheel escapement and three-part gridiron pendulum,
signed Georges Chassevant, au Mans.

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Astronomical clock with turning
World Sphere, signed
POTU à Paris.
Overall height: 72cm

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French Louis-Philippe period regulator mantle
clock with perpetual
calendar, circa 1845. 13cm enamel ring with sweep
seconds, eclosing a subsidiary for hours and minutes,
signed LEROY & FILS, Pals Ral.
Gie Montpensier 13 & 15,
Paris.

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Directoire-period French gilt bronze
lyre clock with oscillating movement.
signed Deverberie à Paris.

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French ormolu and
crystal Mystery Clock
by Robert-Houdin, circa 1845

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Rare French Louis XVI ormolu mounted
Cercles Tournants mantel clock, circa 1780.

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French ormolu portico clock circa 1820.
Enamel dial signed Lépine & Neveu, Hrs du Roi.

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