Bidspirit auction | (255) GIRARD À COPPET, LOUIS

(255) GIRARD À COPPET, LOUIS XIV CLOCK WITH ALARM AND DOUBLE LEATHER CASE WITH SILVER RIVETS, LATE 17TH CENTURY - Silver case, re-drilled with leaf decor and bird heads. Bell screwed to the bottom of the case (bell damaged), signed B 86. Silver dial, in the center a small rotating dial with the alarm hours. Hour circle in cartouches. Movement: pillar movement, signed Girard à Coppet, cylindrical pillar caliber, slightly conical, brass balance cock, re-drilled, verge escapement, chain and snail endless screw mechanism for regulation, large ratchet wheel for the alarm, mainspring and ratchet cone for the mainspring barrel, all in blued steel, finely stamped, alarm wheels in steel. Alarm mainspring barrel in brass, re-drilled and engraved. Watch is not working. D: 57.5 mm, H: 50.7 mm, 193g SHIPPING TO THE USA IS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO HIGH CUSTOMS FEES. CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED FOR THIS AUCTION.