BREGUET BELLE EPOQUE
PENDULETTE ORIGINAL BOX & KEY
Breguet, No. 2047. Made circa 1890.
Fine and rare, gilt-brass, hour and half-hour striking, 8-day
going carriage clock with repeat and alarm. Accompanied by
the original fitted box and key.
Multi-piece, gilt-brass, cast with floral swags, the sides
with oval pierced sound frets, ribbon surmounts, concave
top cast with a love trophy, the back door decorated to
match, hinged handle, paw feet.
Circular white enamel with Arabic numerals, outer dot
minute divisions, floral swag decoration. Gilt Louis hands.
Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, barrels for the going
and striking trains, lateral lever escapement mounted on a
frosted gilt platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance,
blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, striking
and repeating on a coiled gongs, separate alarm train with
further hammer and white enamel setting dial.