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Brand :
Bornand
Model :
Bornand autres horlogerie
Category :
Autres
Period :
19thx
Watch ID :
14081
Case material :
Brass
Case form :
Rectangle
Dial color :
Enamel
Description :
C. Gilt brass, matte and burnished, rectangular with anthemion and acanthus leaf cornice and base, foliate and.stylized dragon mounts, foliate feet and bezel, the top covered with velvet and mounted with a gilt bronze table.with velvet cover, to each side a gilt bronze figure of a Chinese gentleman and lady gesturing to a gilt brass rotunda.on the table, an aperture revealing one of six rotating paper half-models of the famous buildings of Paris against.a mirrored background creating the illusion of seeing the whole building. The buildings shown are: Les Invalides.The Pantheon, La Madeleine, The Louvre, Arc de L'Etoile (Triomphe), Notre-Dame. Rosewood and ebonised base.with hinged door to access the musical control levers, glass shade. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals.outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands..Clock movement: circular, gilt brass, going barrels for the going and striking trains, anchor escapement, silk.suspension, brass bob pendulum, outside countwheel striking on a bell..Musical movement: rectangular brass, large going barrel, pinned brass cylinder playing two tunes, single steel.comb with 84 tuned teeth, music activated on the hour by a steel rod, the rotating scenes move one position at.each play, tune selection / stop and start levers accessed through a door in the base..Musical movement signed Eug. Bornand & Cie, 6830..Dim. 75 x 44 x 25 cm.
