A small, absolutely lovely eight-day alarm carriage clock, signed on the enamel dial T. Martin & Co. 151 Regent Street London W1 Fabrique de Paris, c. 1880. This is a French clock that can be ascribed to Henri Capt, one of the top makers of carriage clocks and retailed by Martin.The brass case is made in the so-called corniche style and has bevelled glass panels to all sides so that the movement is almost entirely visible. The top has an oval window through which the original silvered platform escapement can be seen. At the back, there is a door giving access to the winding and setting arbors, with the word Aiguilles (hands) and Aigle Réveil (alarm setting hand) and arrows to indicate the direction to turn. The clock is surmounted by a typically shaped carrying handle.The spring-driven, eight-day movement of this most attractive clock is constructed between plates. It consists of going and alarm trains. The going train has an English lever escapement on a silvered platform with...