Courvoisier & Comp., the case and movement numbered 138 The tall case surmounted by a lyre handle over cast sides on a plinth base and paw feet, the signed 4 inch white enamel dial with Arabic hours and quarters, moon hands and tapering alarm-setting hand over musical trophies, set to the underside of the case with a three-position selection lever offering Grande Sonnerie, Petite Sonnerie and Silence options and unusually numbered to the rear of the plinth, the signed 4 inch white enamel Arabic dial, with matching hands, the circular movement with chain fusee to a verge escapement with plain balance under a pierced cock, the strike train on a single spring barrel with strike work mounted on the backplate, striking the quarters and the alarm on two bells via circular-headed hammers, the separate alarm barrel wound via a pull-cord to the side 31cms (12ins) high.
Courvoisier & Comp., the case and movement numbered 138 The tall case surmounted by a lyre handle over cast sides on a plinth base and paw feet, the signed 4 inch white enamel dial with Arabic hours and quarters, moon hands and tapering alarm-setting hand over musical trophies, set to the underside of the case with a three-position selection lever offering Grande Sonnerie, Petite Sonnerie and Silence options and unusually numbered to the rear of the plinth, the signed 4 inch white enamel Arabic dial, with matching hands, the circular movement with chain fusee to a verge escapement with plain balance under a pierced cock, the strike train on a single spring barrel with strike work mounted on the backplate, striking the quarters and the alarm on two bells via circular-headed hammers, the separate alarm barrel wound via a pull-cord to the side 31cms (12ins) high.
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