B, NO.3060. EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
An unusual French brass carriage timepiece with full calendar and twin thermometers
b, no.3060. early 20th century
The corniche case with silvered registers to each side for mercury Centigrade/Reaumur thermometer and alcohol Centigrade/Fahrenheit thermometer, the silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, blued hands, with calendar ring below for day of week and date, flanked by twin apertures for month and year (now with years 1967-1974), the single barrel movement with replaced platform lever escapement, stamped B and numbered 3060 on the backplate
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
b, no.3060. early 20th century
The corniche case with silvered registers to each side for mercury Centigrade/Reaumur thermometer and alcohol Centigrade/Fahrenheit thermometer, the silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, blued hands, with calendar ring below for day of week and date, flanked by twin apertures for month and year (now with years 1967-1974), the single barrel movement with replaced platform lever escapement, stamped B and numbered 3060 on the backplate
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
Literature
Derek Roberts Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Schiffer 1993, p.239, figs. 14-10 a,b,c.