A good French carriage clock with chronometer escapement signed Comminges Paris
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $5,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$2,200[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]
Comminges, 62 Palais Royal, Paris, an unusual, early 19th century grand sonnerie striking carriage clock with spring detent escapement and travel case, the multi part brass case on bracket feet and with five beveled glasses, and the top with folding handle, signed, silvered roman numeral dial displaying seconds below 12:00, blued steel Breguet style hands and alarm indicator, 8 day, three train movement wound through the dial and with spring detent escapement, vertically oriented balance behind the back plate, exposing the working escapement to full view through the top glass, sounding Viennese hours and quarters on two bells, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand, with leather bound, gilt stamped travel case, dimensions of clock listed