A FINE LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, FULL CALENDAR AND PHASES OF THE MOON

A FINE LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, FULL CALENDAR AND PHASES OF THE MOON
H. DE LA PORTE. CIRCA 1830
THE CASE WITH BOW HANDLE TO TOP WITH OVAL VIEWING GLASS AND TWIN MILLED KNOBS FOR PUSH REPEAT AND PULL WIND ALARM, HINGED DOOR TO THE RECTANGULAR DIAL WITH ENGINE TURNED MASK, MILLED ORMOLU BEZEL TO THE WHITE ENAMEL CIRCULAR ROMAN CHAPTER RING SIGNED H. DE LA PORTE WITH GOLD AND ENAMEL MOONPHASE AT XII, BLUED STEEL BREGUET-TYPE HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS, THE SUBSIDIARY DIALS BELOW FOR DAY OF WEEK, DATE AND MONTH, THE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES ABOVE THE CHAPTER DISC WITH CORRESPONDING STEEL ADJUSTMENT LEVERS; THE LEFT SIDE ENGRAVED PETITE SONNERIE/GRANDE SONNERIE, THE RIGHT SIDE PLAQUES ENGRAVED SONNERIE/SILENCE, THE COMPLICATED MOVEMENT WITH FOUR BACK-PINNED CYLINDRICAL PILLARS SECURING THICK GILT-BRASS PLATES, THE OVOID GILT ESCAPEMENT PLATFORM WITH RUBY ENDSTONE WITH PARACHUTE SUSPENSION TO CUT BIMETALLIC COMPENSATED BALANCE WITH STEEL HELICAL HAIRSPRING, EARNSHAW-TYPE SPRING DETENT ESCAPEMENT WITH JEWELLED LOCKING STONE, THE WHEEL TRAIN WITH LARGE SINGLE GOING BARREL, THE GILT-BRASS RACKS AND STEEL DETENTS FOR THE STRIKE WORK PLANTED ON THE BACKPLATE WITH THE STRIKE ON TWO BELLS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOVEMENT VIA VERTICALLY POSITIONED STEEL ARBORS RUNNING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOVEMENT PLATES
6½IN. (16.5CM.) HIGH