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Mantel/table pendulum clock · La Chaux-de-Fonds

Pendulette de voyage ou d'officier

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The gilded bronze case rests on four claw feet. Its upper part is decorated with garlands of bay leaves and bows of ribbon, and the sides with a chased rosette. The clock has a handle at the top shaped like a serpent with a bird's head.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH IV-106
Object type
Mantel/table pendulum clock
Place of production
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dating
1800
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
Bronze, Émail, Laiton
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions: 19 x 13 x 8 cm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
Cugnier Leschot (Cadran)

Historical significance

  • The gilded bronze case rests on four claw feet. Its upper part is decorated with garlands of bay leaves and bows of ribbon, and the sides with a chased rosette. The clock has a handle at the top shaped like a serpent with a bird's head.
  • The white enamel dial has four blued steel hands, indicating the hours, minutes, date and alarm time.
  • The quality movement has a fusee and chain, a verge escapement with a balance and spring, as well as an alarm mechanism, date indication, and a full strike with the hours and quarters striking on two bells fixed to the back.

Photographs

Pendulette de voyage ou d'officier (MIH IV-106)
Pendulette de voyage ou d'officier (MIH IV-106) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. IV-106: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/36495/

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.