LOUIS BERTHOUD | A GILT-BRASS GIANT GRANDE SONNERIE REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

LOUIS BERTHOUD

A GILT-BRASS GIANT GRANDE SONNERIE REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, PARIS, CIRCA 1860

engine-turned silvered dial plate, lunar aperture with phase and date, signed in a cartouche Ls Berthoud, the three train movement with spring detent platform escapement, split bi-metallic compensation balance, the spring with overcoil and regulator, grande or petite sonnerie striking on two bells, the cadrature mounted on the backplate, strike selection lever below the bells, the Empire-style case with swan handle, fluted Corinthian-capped pilasters, bevel-glazed panels and knurled feet

28cm. 11in. high (handle down)