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French Industrial Windmill Automated Clock

French Industrial Windmill Automated ClockFrench Industrial Windmill Automated Clock

Hammer Price w/ BP

$7,500

Lot #: 338
French Industrial Windmill Automated Clock
Attributed to Guilmet, circa 1885. Bronze case on a marble base in the form of a windmill displaying the time on a silvered dial with additional displays of barometric pressure and multi-temperature reading thermometers. The clock movement goes eight days with a platform escapement timepiece movement. The vanes of the windmill turn continuously for several hours quite engagingly. They are powered by a separate automation movement located within the base, which is wound through the small door in the front. Comparative Literature: Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, pgs. 265 and 268.
Ht. 19 in.
Provenance
Jim Cipra, Long Beach, CA.
Condition
Excellent example, all original.
Auction Date
Sep 30, 2023

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