Carriage Clock with Alarum and Petite Sonnerie, Rodanet à Paris. The movement with Maltese crosses on all barrels, allowing for better timekeeping, the silvered platform with English-type crabtooth escapement and cut bi-metallic balance wheel. Double-rack quarter-strike on two blued steel gongs, with repeat button on top of the case. The selector in the base allows for, “Petite Sonnerie” (Sonnerie), and strike suppression (Silence). Alarum on one of the gongs. Ebauche movement from Arsène Margaine, one of the most excellent contemporary manufacturers of movements of this kind. Autonomy 8 days.
Two circular enamel dials in a frosted silvered support plate, the main indicating hours and minutes, the subsidiary indicating the alarum, both with blued steel Breguet hands, signature A.H. Rodanet, Fournisseur de la Marine de l’Etat, 36 Rue Vivienne, PARIS.
Ormolu and nickeled bronze case with bevelled glass on five sides allowing for a good view of the movement from all sides, the serial number 6019 is indicated on the rear movement plate just below the mark from the ébauche manufacturer.
H. 7¾" (17 cm) with handle upright; W. 4" (10 cm); D. 3 ½" (9 cm)
Antoine-Henri Rodanet was established at 36 rue Vivienne in 1870 and registered his trademark ‘Horlogerie de Paris’ in 1890. The firm participated in the Paris Universal Exhibitions of 1855 and 1867. In 1855, J. H. Rodanet showcased several ‘chronometers and horological tools’ (N°1846, 8° Cl.) and was awarded a First Class Medal. Antoine-Henri exhibited some ‘chronometers and watches’ (N°8, Groupe III – Classe 23) in 1867. He died in 1907. The firm was passed on to Doffe succ. De Margaine, then to Mme Sanselme around 1928, who married M. Michel in 1937.
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