Breguet Style Carriage Clock

An attractive early 20th century French repeating carriage clock, French maker (Breguet?) for Black, Starr & Frost, NY. c.1910. Alarm, Chiming and repeating movement.

Breguet designed model or style French carriage clock, for Black, Starr & Frost, New York. An attractive early 20th century repeating carriage clock, the base with inverted fleur de lis like floral ornaments alternating with bellflowers and with flanking, rectangular coffers containing foliate rosettes, each below pilasters which in turn support a frieze with ornament echoing the base, and top with wreath and bowknot handle with animal head mounts, engine turned dial mask with beveled surround, roman numeral white enamel chapter ring with blued steel Breguet style hands, and subsidiary enamel alarm chapter below 6:00, 8 day, three train movement with lever platform and cut bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half hour on a gong, and repeating the last hour on demand.

Features: Alarm, chime, chime can be silenced, chime repeated by touching button.
Dimensions: 16 cm x 8cm x 8 cm, or 6.25in x 3.5in x 3.25in. Key included.

Date: 1910

Shipping: Very heavy, 1.7 kg will be sent at cost. Please enquire about insurance.

Condition Report: Movement is currently sticking and requires professional adjustment to work. Some rubbing losses to gilding, particularly on the handle and handle mounts, case top grained, left glass with chip, lower left, rear glass with chip, lower right, dial surround with two minor spots at bottom, alarm chapter with faint hairline, running, striking, and repeating correctly, balance slightly out of round, balance spring replaced, regulator with minor oxide and shortened tail.

Questions and offers are welcome, but please keep in mind that clocks aren't my area of expertise and most of the info is from the previous auction listing notes. Please also know that i'm not interested in selling for less than cost and lowball offers will be ignored automatically.

Inv. 2296