Looping. A Brass Alarm Table Clock
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Looping. A Brass Alarm Table Clock

SIGNED LOOPING, RETAILED BY BARTH, ZURICH, NO. 26'711, CIRCA 1955

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Looping. A Brass Alarm Table Clock
Signed Looping, Retailed by Barth, Zurich, No. 26'711, Circa 1955
Gilt lever movement, 15 jewels, silvered matte dial, applied faceted baton numerals, circular case sitting on curved pedestal on top of a blackened base, dial signed by maker and retailer, case back plated numbered
22cm height, 13cm base, 7cm depth
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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The alarm clock is the oldest working mechanical clock. It can be traced back to the middle of the 14th Century and in the early days of Swiss watchmaking. With increasing industrialization and travel, these clocks had higher demand. Early alarm clocks had a ring of holes in the clock dial and were set by placing a pin in the appropriate hole.

Looping Corcelles was a well-known alarm clock manufacturer in western Switzerland. They survived the global recessions of the 30s and 70s, but the collapse of the Swiss watch industry at the beginning of the 80s ensured that the company that once employed up to 100 employees had to register for bankruptcy.