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A French engraved gilt-brass grande sonnerie carriage clock with calendar and alarm, circa 1880
The oval case engraved with foliate designs, with bowed glasses and semi-circular handle, engraved mask to the white enamel chapter discs, Roman dial with Arabic five minutes with retail signature MUSY PRE & FILS Horlogers du Roi TURIN, blued steel moon hands, with dials below for day of week, alarm and date, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the backplate stamped for Drocourt and numbered 20176, with three-position adjustment lever to the underside -- 6in. (15cm.) high
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The oval case engraved with foliate designs, with bowed glasses and semi-circular handle, engraved mask to the white enamel chapter discs, Roman dial with Arabic five minutes with retail signature MUSY PRE & FILS Horlogers du Roi TURIN, blued steel moon hands, with dials below for day of week, alarm and date, the twin barrel movement with silvered platform to the bimetallic balance with lever escapement, strike/repeat/alarm on two gongs to the backplate stamped for Drocourt and numbered 20176, with three-position adjustment lever to the underside -- 6in. (15cm.) high
See Front Cover Illustration