LEROY & FILS GRANDE PETITE SONNERIE
CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH ALARM GILT BRASS
Leroy & Fils, 13 & 15 Palais Royal, Paris, 211 Regent Street,
London. Made circa 1880.
Fine, gilt brass, alarm clock.
Gilt brass, glazed sides and back door, the top glazed to
view the escapement, hinged carrying handle.
White with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track,
outermost Arabic five minute numerals, Subsidiary seconds
dial. Blue steel Spade hands.
Gilt brass, rectangular plates, four pillars, barrels for the
going, striking trains and alarm, straight-line escapement
on a nickle platform, cut bimetallic compensation balance,
blue steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking
and repeating on two gongs with two hammers, strike selection
lever in the base.
Movement plate stamped 11896.