Inv. #: | g145 |
Maker: |
Robert & Courvoisier |
Case: |
The well-cast and finished matt and burnished ormolu case has numerous decorative mounts that include pilasters to the corners, horns of plenty, musical trophies and paw feet. |
Dial: |
The white porcelain dial has black Arabic numbers for the hours, Arabic 15-minute marks, asymmetrical winding arbors, Breguet-style minute and hour hands, a steel alarm hand and is elaborately signed, ‘Robert & Courvoisier’. |
Movement: |
The one-day movement is typically Swiss with the strike-work and balance wheel planted on the backplate. It strikes grand-sonnerie on stacked bells, has the strike control lever out the base and a repeat cord out the side. The pull alarm is wound by a cord out the top, is set at the dial and strikes on a bell. The brass balance wheel has steel endcaps and is regulated by a squared arbor that carries a steel hand against an engraved scale. |
Notes: |
The firm ‘Robert & Courvoisier’ was initially named ‘J. Robert et Fils et Cie’ and was established in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by Louis Robert and Louis Courvoisier – each from very prominent multi-generational Swiss clock making families. In 1787 Robert’s widow took over his half and the firm became ‘Robert & Courvoisier’ until 1805 when it was renamed ‘Robert, Courvoisier et Cie’. |
Ref: |
For additional information on early travel clocks see: ‘Carriage Clocks’, Allix, Chapter 1. |
Size: | 8.5 in. (w/out handle) |
Retail Price: | Sold |
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