Arundel Clocks has dated this piece to the 1890s.
I have for sale a rare miniature 1890s French striking and repeating Grand sonnerie carriage clock made in France.
The clock case has been fully restored the movement has also been fully restored with new springs added and is running strong keeping time and striking correctly with the repeat button on the top all running via the original again restored silvered platform.
The Case
The case is in solid shiny brass and stands 13cm high x 6.
The case is very shiny and hard to photograph they do not do the clock justice at all.
At the base is the lever for silent or quarters or grand Sonnerie all working correctly.
On the bottom front edge, it is engraved Olive from ETTA Christmas 1894 so sweet lovely piece of English history and lucky Olive.
The Dial
The dial is in mint original condition in white porcelain with Roman numerals; the clock also retains its original very fine black spade hands signed by the retailer Capt Henry.
The Movement
The movement is an eight-day time and strike which strikes the hours, quarters and halves and three quarters via two blue steel gongs to the rear also has the repeater button on top to repeat the last hour strike, the movement has been fully restored and running and striking 100% correctly.
This clock also has a fully functional alarm.
The clock also contains Genre stop work to stop over winding a top-quality feature only found on top-end clocks.
At the bottom of the case is a lever for full striking or just hour striking or Silent so you have all three options.
The photos do not do justice to this lovely old clock.
As with all my clocks, this one is sold with a ‘back-to-base’ 3-month guarantee. I also offer future clock servicing, which I carry out personally at a heavily discounted rate.
Arundel Clocks has dated this piece to the 1890s.
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Miniature Grand Sonnerie French Carriage Clock Xmas 1894
