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Gubelin Gilt Brass Automaton Clock
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Gubelin Gilt Brass Automaton Clock
mid-20th century
8-day Swiss time and bell strike movement with rotating carousel of figurines, movement is signed "Gubelin, Eleven Jewels, Unadjusted," banner in carousel signed "The Birnkrants," base signed with the family names, "Michael, Cecile, Marilyn, Michael Jr."
19 x 12 x 12 inches
E.GUBELIN LUCERNE GILT BRONZE & MARBLE CLOCK
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E.Gubelin lucerne gilt bronze and marble table clock. Measures 6 1/2″ tall by 4 1/2″ wide(16.51cm tall by 11.43cm wide).Total weight 1340g
A fine 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock
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A fine 19th century French gilt brass carriage clock with calendar in the manner of Abraham Louis Breguet
The Classically inspired case with folding bud handle and four bud finials on an engine turned ground over rosettes and reeded columns to a matching base on button feet, the white enamel dial with blue Roman numerals, minute track and blued steel trefoil hands over a subsidiary date dial within an engine turned mask, the movement with twin barrels driving a gilt platform with bimetallic balance to a lever escapement, the strike and repeat on a bell behind a shuttered rear panel. Together with an associated mid 19th century leather covered travel case and a double ended key. 16cms (6.25ins) high.
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This carriage clock is closely modelled on the early travel clocks by the great Abraham Louis Breguet. Comparable examples by Breguet were sold in these rooms 11 December 2019, lot 106 (Breguet number 2889, circa 1804), lot 107 (Breguet number 4248, circa 1837) and lot 109 (Breguet number 2963, circa 1820).
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Gubelin Inclined Plane Clock
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Gubelin Inclined Plane Clock. The timepiece sits on a long wrought iron inclined plane with swirling filigree decoration, painted black with gilt leaf highlights, felt top surface and brass plaque on the front indicating every 6 hours and the days of the week. 4.5 in. dial has an engraved brass center with applied gilt star, applied brass Roman hour numerals, outer ring with black incised 5 minute numbers, center ring with 31 date calendar and quality blued pierced filigree hands, dial signed ÂGubelin, SwissÂ; brass time only movement has a platform lever escapement, movement is contained within a brass cylindrical drum and driven by its own weight, as it slowly rolls down the plane, it keeps the dial in an upright position, movement signed ÂGubelin, Swiss, Fifteen 15 Jewels, Unadjusted and numbered 3134. Clock is in good running condition. 12 in. high x 29 in. long x 6.25 in. deep.
E. Gubelin Inclined Plane Clock
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E. Gubelin Inclined Plane Clock. The timepiece sits on a long walnut inclined plane with raised panels having gilt edges, felt top surface and silvered plaque on the front indicating every 6 hours and the days of the week (in French). 4.5 in. dial has an engraved brass center, silvered chapter ring with black incised Roman hour numerals and pierced black hands, dial signed ÂE. Gubelin, LugerneÂ; brass time only movement has a platform lever escapement, movement is contained within a brass cylindrical drum and driven by its own weight, as it slowly rolls down the plane, it keeps the dial in an upright position. Clock is in good running condition. 11 in. high x 24 in. long x 4.5 in. deep.
Gubelin Lucerne French Clock Barometer
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Gubelin Lucerne French Clock Barometer. Early 20th cent. Painted wood case with gilt bronze. Signed & painted porcelain dial. Porcelain scale, faint hairline, otherwise very good. Ht. 42″ W 12″ .
A Fine Gubelin World Time Clock
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A gold toned, and polychrome enamel clock by Gubelin of Switzerland. The fine enamel dial has a 24 hour dial showing the time in various cities around the world, each represented by an enamel vignette. Its companion, a same sized calendar clock, mounts aside or below the time clock, with a perpetual calendar of moon phases, date, month, and year, all controlled by a master electronic box designed and made by Gubelin.
This custom world time clock by Gubelin is the only such ÂLuxury System clock in the Western Hemisphere. There are only two other such clocks at GubelinÂs Headquarters in Lucerne, and in GubelinÂs Retail headquarters in Geneva. This third example was made for the indoor display of offices for Harry Taylor in the 1950s.
Anyone hosting a landmark hotel or high end mall knows the affection customers gain for firms that display something as engaging as this Âworld time clockÂ, with its bright, pretty enamel pictographs of the great cities of the world, all matched with the astronomical symbols and designs of the calendar and moon device.
The time dial on the left gives the time of day in analogue, with a seconds hand and its 24 individual enamel plaques which align with the moving disk to show the time in the various cities. Central most is New York, above the 12:00 position on the dial, while 23 other cities are also represented.
Elaborate and beautiful clocks add status to hotels or office complexes especially where there are transients from all corners of the world who will always want to refer to the time of day at their home.
The companion to the world time clock is the calendar clock. Housed as a twin to the time clock. The date is displayed in the outer white ring, while inside subsidiary dials show the day of the week, the month, and the phases of the moon. The calendar is ÂperpetualÂ, and by means of mechanical levers, it keeps track of months with 30, 31, or 28 days, coordinating these with days and months and even leap years. A mechanical Âperpetual calendar is quite a mechanical marvel considering the complex array of levers and gears that have to work together to keep this ever changing formula correct. In fact, there are over 400 moving parts in the entire system, all being driven by a 110 volt master clock kept out-of-sight.
During the 1950s Harry Taylor, a ski friend of the Gubelin brothers, asked about the installation of their Luxury System clock in his East Orange, New Jersey offices. This system was originally built and installed in East Orange under the supervision of Frank Lottenbach, GubelinÂs head clockmaker. In 1981 TaylorÂs building was sold and Thomas Whalen, the present owner and consignor, was the successful bidder at an auction offering the contents of the building, and the clock were relocated into the firm of Eckert, Seamans, Cherin and Mellott in Washington, DC.
While dismantling it for him, I asked Mr. Whelan why he had spent so much time and effort to install this clock. He replied that he was sure that the clients who had raved about how interesting it was would often return to his firm to do business because of their pleasant association with the clock whey saw while waiting to see him. ÂOwning this remarkable clock for all these years has been rewarded me many times over with the pleasure of ownership of such a interesting object of beauty.”