Japy Freres & Cie. Hour-repeating Carriage Clock with Calendar and Center Seconds

Description:

Japy Freres & Cie. Hour-repeating Carriage Clock with Calendar and Center Seconds, c. 1890, engraved brass and beveled glass case with porcelain roman numeral dial, moon hands and center seconds, the lower subsidiary dials for alarm, day of the week, and day of the month, rear wind and setting, alarm and strike on a bell, signed in a maker's cartouche along the lower edge, spring powered and regulated by a silvered platform escapement, ht. 6 in. with handle lowered.
Estimate $3,000-3,500

Case in clean and polished condition, all beveled glass in good condition, movement runs and operates as designed.


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