Square table clock with striking, stamped on the movement 'MN', southern Germany, second half of the 16th century.
Dial with 24 hours in two scales divided at 15 minutes, the one for hours I to XII with Roman numerals, the one for hours 13 to 24 in Arabic numerals, both surrounded by key pieces, center engraved with symmetrical foliage of which some leaves metamorphose into bird heads, cherub heads in the corners, an iron hand ; iron and brass movement with two gear bodies and two levels, transformations, iron barrels, verge escapement with foliot (modified), striking on a gong placed below the...
Scottish clock with chimes and ringing at half past the hour for the Ottoman market signed (dial) 'F. Sewill Glasgow', circa 1885.
Gilt brass dial engraved with geometric designs, applied silvered hour ring with 'Turkish' numerals with, above, three small control dials for chime, setting, and 'Westminster' striking, serpentine half-moon hands; rectangular movement with three wheel bodies, fusees, decorated back plate with tool rotation, steel anchor escapement, single brass balance wheel with blocking system for transport, spring suspension, eight-stamp chime, gong striking ; blackened wood cabinet...
Mantelpiece clock with striking at the half-hour mark, in alabaster with a Réaumur thermometer signed 'Annequin [in Lyon], circa 1840.
Silvered dials, round movement, steel anchor escapement, simple balance with silk thread suspension, striking on gong. H. 40cm. To be restored....
Circular table clock with hour chimes, Germany, circa 1600.
24-hour dial in two scales, the one for hours I to XII with Roman numerals, the one for hours 13 to 24 in Arabic numerals, both surrounded by touch-pieces, center finely engraved with three formalized foliage circles (center plate replaced), single iron hand (later); movement (24 hours duration) in iron with gilded brass barrels (one replaced), gilded fusee with gut string, escapement with folio (renewed as well as its cock), lever adjustment, strongly balustered pillars in gilded brass, striking on gong; gilded case with two levels,...
Chimney clock with striking at the half-hour mark signed (dial), 'Robinet à Paris', circa 1785.
White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, openwork gilt brass hands; round movement, count wheel on the outside, single balance wheel with silk thread suspension and sunburst lens; gilt brass cylindrical case mounted between two flat pillars with military sconces and gilt brass frames, both flanked by gilt bronze vases, white marble base, cylinder flanked by two griffins and surmounted by a floral trophy.
H. 43cm.
Pierre Robinet (born in 1751), is the son of Jean Baptiste Robinet (d. before 1766). Apprentice...
Mantel clock 'Atmos' signed 'Atmos Jaeger-Le Coultre', circa 1975.
Gilded brass cage glazed on all five sides, base with chamfered corners, classical movement of caliber 528/1, model 5916 according to the 1975 catalog. To be cleaned. H. 23.5cm; W.20cm; D. 14cm....
Tower or turmchenuhr table clock with hour chimes, southern Germany, ca. 1580.
Front: 24-hour pewter dial with brass hand (both later)
Back: striking indications
Movement: iron with two wheel bodies with brass barrels, fusees with chains, verge escapement with pendulum (later)
Case entirely engraved with symmetrical banderoles and foliage, the top composed of a square base and openwork around the bell, covered with a concave return roof topped by a pyramid. Small crack repaired in the left panel. To be restored.
H. 26.8cm. L. 12.5cm.
A clock of similar size and decoration to ours was in...
Mantel clock with striking at the half-hour mark signed (dial and movement) 'Charles Oudin Hor[lo]ger de la Marine de l'Etat, Palais Royal Paris', the movement numbered 1031, circa 1870
White enamel dial (cracks), Roman numerals, blued steel 'Breguet' hands; round gilt brass movement with two barrels, 'Brocot' escapement visible on the dial, carnelian levers, 'Brocot' suspension, compensated balance with gilt lens, striking on gong; brass cabinet glazed on all four sides. H. 31cm; W. 17.8cm; D. 13.2cm. To be cleaned....
Portico clock in white and grey veined marble, two fluted columns and decoration of two vases and flowers, with a putti at the base. With its pendulum. H. 38.5cm ; W. 25.5cm ; D. 8.5cm. To be cleaned....
Amboyna wood portico clock (some slight accidents), with gilded and chased mounts and bezels signed 'Lepine Hr du Roi', circa 1820.
Round movement, anchor escapement, counting wheel on the outside, striking on a gong.
H. 50.5cm...
Small ormolu wall clock in the 18th century style with scrolled staples
White dial with Arabic numerals (without glass); movement of a verge watch signed 'F. L. Godon A Paris N° 15'. It is mounted on a green painted wood base. About 1820. With key. 27cm x 18cm. To be restored....
CARDINAL, C. La montre des origines au XIXème siècle, 1985; CAMERER CUSS, T.P. The Camerer Cuss book of antique watches, 1976; CHAPIRO, A. La montre française 1991; CYNCL, Radko. Watches and clocks 2001; DIDEROT D'ALEMBERT 'Horlogerie', from L'Encyclopédie (reprinted in-facsimile, 2002 - 2 copies); GUYE, Samuel MICHEL, Henri, Mesures du temps et de l'espace ..., 1970; MAITZNER, François MOREAU, Jean, La Comtoise, la morbier, la Morez..., 3rd edition (reprinted), sd....
JAQUET, Eugène CHAPUIS, Alfred. Histoire et technique de la montre suisse de ses origines à nos jours, Basel and Olten, 1945. EO. In-4°, skivertex cover, half-title rebacked, otherwise a fine copy....
BELMONT, Henry-Louis. La Montre : méthodes outillages de fabrication du XVIème au XIXème siècle, 1991 (paperback) ; CARDINAL, C. La montre des origines au XIXe siècle, 1985 ; JAGGER, Cedric. Watches and clocks, 1977; MAITZNER, François MOREAU, Jean, La Comtoise, la morbier, la Morez..., 3rd edition 1976; MILLER'S Clocks and barometers buyer's guide, 1999; TARDY, Les coqs de montre, 1982; TARDY, Les échappements de montres (sd); guide and six plates....
BELMONT, Henry-Louis. La Montre : méthodes outillages de fabrication du XVIème au XIXème siècle, EO, bound 1991 (No. 243 of the first series of 500 copies) ; CHAPIRO, Adolphe, MESLIN-PERRIER, Chantal TURNER, Anthony. Catalog de l'horlogerie et des instruments de précision du début du XVIe au milieu du XVII siècle ... Musée de la Renaissance, Ecouen, 1989; VAN VELDHOVEN, Leonard. Mayet, Morbier, Comtoise, birth and history of a legendary clock, 2015....
CHAPUIS, Alfred. De horologiis in arte, the clock and the watch through the ages according to the documents of time, Lausanne 1954. In-4° cloth bound....
CHAPUIS, Alfred. Neuchâtel clocks, new documents, Neuchâtel 1931. In-4°, half leather (worn) and marbled boards, hinges weak, top of spine torn off....
CHAPUIS, Alfred. Neuchâtel clocks, new documents, reissue Zurich s.d. In-4°, blue cloth, spine faded. LOZE, Louis. La fabrique des montres et chronomètres Ernest Borel ...1859-1959, Neuchâtel 1959....
CHAPUIS, Alfred DROZ, Edmond. Les automates, figures artificielles d'hommes et animaux, histoire et technique, Neuchâtel 1949 copy N° 769. Gr in-4°, paperback, spine slightly browned otherwise good copy....
GUYE, Samuel MICHEL, Henri, Mesures du temps et de l'espace ..., 1970; FLORES, Joseph, Le comput ecclésiastique de Frédéric Klinghamer, 2007; Montres et merveilles, collection du Musée du temps, Besançon 2010; Les heures révolutionnaires 1989; CYNCL, Radko. Watches and clocks 2001; TARDY, Les coqs de montres (2 copies); MATTHEY, J. P. Le pendulier neuchâtelois; CHAYETTE, SABRIER TURNER, Breguet chez Chayette; JOHNSON, Chester, Les horloges et les montres, 1964; L'horloge astronomique de St Jean Besançon; SCHERER, J.O. Pendulums; Gothic clocks; FAÏTA, Mino, Joseph François, Marie-Perone: Horlogers...
DE LIMAN, L. Catechisme chronométrique. Practical course of clock-making for the use of manufacturers, dressmakers, and young people who are destined to the career of clock-making Besançon 1881. In-8°, printed paper cover (rather worn, stains, broken spine), inside clean....
BAILLIE, G. H. Watchmakers and clockmakers of the world, 3rd edition reissued, 1963; TARDY, Dictionnaire des horlogers français, reissued in one volume, 1972....
Le Moniteur de la bijouterie, de l'horlogerie, de la joaillerie et de l'orfèvrerie, seven volumes large in-4°, uniform bindings in half cloth and marbled boards, for the years 1925 to 1927 and 1929 to 1932. Pages of advertisements preserved. Good condition....
Portable diptych sundial in wood and printed paper (stains) and colored (missing on the back), usable for latitudes 38° to 56° on five hour scales. Late 18th/early 19th century. 62 x 103mm....
Pocket equinoctial sundial in gilt brass and engraved, signed 'L Grasl', D. 54mm. Late 18th century.
Lorenz Grasl (fl. 1740-1805), originally from Ingolstadt, works in Augsburg where he maintains an important production of portable dials....
Brass pocket equinoctial sundial signed 'Jhans Schretteger in Augsburg', early 19th century.
Latitude arc and compass needle replaced. D. 54mm; With a case probably original but later covered with a blue fabric with foliage decoration....
Portable diptych sundial in wood and printed paper (some stains) and colored, usable for latitudes 36° to 55° on five hour scales, signed 'PFB'. Late 18th century. 57 x 89mm....
Pedometer or step counter in polished metal, with blued steel hands, totaling from 1 to 10 000. Reset to zero during. Registered trademark 'H C'. D. 43m....
Seven verge watch plates with their cocks and escapement wheel, three bridge cocks and a cylinder neck watch movement. Beginning of the 19th century....
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