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A FRENCH PATENT ALARM TIMEPIECE
Redier. Paris, circa 1870
the drum-shaped brass case engraved on the front with chapters I to XI and with adjustable blued steel pointer, the three pillar movement with pendulum and tic-tac escapement, spring-wound turning the milled backplate stamped AR Brevete À Paris; with original cardboard box with printed English and French operating instructions; How to make use of this alarm: set the handle the number of hours after which you like to be awoke. Ex: It is 10 o'clock and you wish to be awakened at a quarter past 6; move the hand to a quarte past 8.- wind up the spring, and place in a box on a table, giving at the same time an impulsion to the pendulum. - London and Paris
67mm. diam.
Redier. Paris, circa 1870
the drum-shaped brass case engraved on the front with chapters I to XI and with adjustable blued steel pointer, the three pillar movement with pendulum and tic-tac escapement, spring-wound turning the milled backplate stamped AR Brevete À Paris; with original cardboard box with printed English and French operating instructions; How to make use of this alarm: set the handle the number of hours after which you like to be awoke. Ex: It is 10 o'clock and you wish to be awakened at a quarter past 6; move the hand to a quarte past 8.- wind up the spring, and place in a box on a table, giving at the same time an impulsion to the pendulum. - London and Paris
67mm. diam.