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Brand :
Montblanc
Model :
Montblanc Other Model
Category :
Procket Watch
Period :
19thx
Watch ID :
631
Case material :
Steel
Complications :
Alarm, Central second
Description :
LIODET, GRANDE ET PETITE SONNERIE;J. Liodet, Geneva, No. 631, circa 1860.;Extremely fine and very rare 18K gold, triple-train quarter-repeating, Grande & Petite Sonnerie clockwatch with visible works.;Four-body, "bassine et filets", florally chased and engraved band and bezels, guilloché engine-turned à grains d'orge covers borders, case-back with;a taille-douce engraved rococo floral and foliate boarder frame, with inside a lakeside painted on enamel partly in grisaille showing the Mont-Blanc;view from Bellerive, near Geneva, a stone bridge in the foreground and a tree to the right, boat and ships on the Léman (Geneva lake) and mountains;in the background, the sky with translucent guilloché engine-turned background imitating the rays of rising sun, hinged gold cuvette (back-dome) with;guilloché engine-turned and engraved decoration, with two winding and one setting apertures, Grande / Petite Sonnerie lever, strike / silent lever;under the bezel.;Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, taille-douce engraved foliate decoration. Gold Breguet hands. Blued steel central;seconds hand.;45 mm., full plate, matte gilt brass, turned pillars, two barrels for the going and striking trains, ruby duplex escapement, polished steel three-arm;balance, blued steel balance-spring, polished steel escape wheel, lever for change from Petite to Grande Sonnerie extending into the case at 1 o'clock;striking / silence lever at 10 o'clock, repeating train from the same barrel as striking, striking and repeating works mounted on the back plate allowing;viewing the action, striking and repeating on two gongs, repeating activated by turning the button in the pendant;C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", florally chased and engraved band and bezels, guilloché engine-turned à grains d'orge covers borders, case-back with;a taille-douce engraved rococo floral and foliate boarder frame, with inside a lakeside painted on enamel partly in grisaille showing the Mont-Blanc;view from Bellerive, near Geneva, a stone bridge in the foreground and a tree to the right, boat and ships on the Léman (Geneva lake) and mountains;in the background, the sky with translucent guilloché engine-turned background imitating the rays of rising sun, hinged gold cuvette (back-dome) with;guilloché engine-turned and engraved decoration, with two winding and one setting apertures, Grande / Petite Sonnerie lever, strike / silent lever;under the bezel.;D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, taille-douce engraved foliate decoration. Gold Breguet hands. Blued steel central;seconds hand.;M. 45 mm., full plate, matte gilt brass, turned pillars, two barrels for the going and striking trains, ruby duplex escapement, polished steel three-arm;balance, blued steel balance-spring, polished steel escape wheel, lever for change from Petite to Grande Sonnerie extending into the case at 1 o'clock;striking / silence lever at 10 o'clock, repeating train from the same barrel as striking, striking and repeating works mounted on the back plate allowing;viewing the action, striking and repeating on two gongs, repeating activated by turning the button in the pendant
