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A good and rare late 19th century French automata lighthouse timepiece Guilmet, No. 1542.

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A good and rare late 19th century French automata lighthouse timepiece Guilmet, No. 1542.

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A good and rare late 19th century French automata lighthouse timepiece
Guilmet, No. 1542.
The realistically modelled glazed cupola set with rotating red and green glass panels alternately revealing the helical torsion spring, enclosed by a balustrade over a tapering body with applied windows to a concave mid-section over a brickwork base with door containing the Roman dial and original blued steel spade hands. The single barrel movement with deadbeat escapement and pallet arm with a forked end impulsing the slowly rotating torsion pendulum above, the backplate stamped with the Guilmet trademark and numbered 1542 56cms (22ins) high
Footnotes:
An identical case is illustrated in Roberts, D. (1999) Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, page 257, Fig.22-8.

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A good and rare late 19th century French automata lighthouse timepiece Guilmet, No. 1542.

Name: A good and rare late 19th century French automata lighthouse timepiece Guilmet, No. 1542.
SKU: 131627117
Price: 5500 GBP
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Estimate £3,000 - £4,000

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