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19th Century Rococo Style Miniature Table Clock


Release date:2022-01-21
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19th Century  Rococo Style Miniature Table Clock

Inventory Number: C2112006

Made circa 1890, 126 x 93.8 x 56.8 mm, signed Vacheron Constantin. Silver case with white onyx case in the shape of a “Louis XV”, and Rococo style. The facade of the cabinet is decorated with knots and foliage set with colored rhinestones, on a Royal blue enamel background; on the lower part, an oval medallion painted in polychrome on enamel, in a gilded silver frame, representing a couple of lovers. On the base, a silver metal plate with the words “QUE CES HEURES VOUS SOIENT TOUTES HEUREUSES” (May these hours be happy ones for you all).

White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, blued-steel “Breguet” hands, subsidiary seconds at 6. Movement 14’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance (gilded metal) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


Functions: Hours, minutes, and small seconds. 

 

About Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin SA is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded in 1755. Since 1996, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group. Vacheron Constantin is the oldest Swiss manufacturer and one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world. The business was founded in 1755 by Jean-Marc Vacheron, an independent watchmaker in Geneva, Switzerland.




 
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