Piguet et Cie

A collection of 2 carriage clocks and 1 sundial with noon cannon
A fine Geneva hour repeating Capucine French officer's clock with half hour strike, Morbier rack striking on the hours and alarm

Sold

estimated

1.500—4.000 €

Price realized

2.300 €

specific features

Case

Brass, polished, gilt, four toupie feet, 3 doors, silver bell with handle, 2 hammers, urn finials.

Dial

Enamel, central alarm hand.

Movement

Rectangular-shaped brass movement, applied fine matted rack strike levers, two barrels, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance, 13 days power reserve.

Diam.280 mm

Circa1820

Ctry.Switzerland

The clock strikes the full and half hours by means of rack striking. Two minutes after the hour, the clock strikes the hours again. This feature is called the Morbier striking mechanism.
By pulling the string, the repetition is activated and the last struck hours are repeated again. This repetition was used at night when there was no light.
The alarm mechanism has a string winding on the top of the case.

Born in 1775 in Le Chenit in the Vallée de Joux, Isaac Daniel Piguet was the son of Pierre Moïse Piguet and Elisabeth Nicole. He married Jeanne Françoise Capt around 1795, and around 1800 settled in Geneva with his family. Piguet went into business with Henry Daniel Capt, his brother-in-law in 1802. He died in Geneva, on January 20, 1841, at the age of 66.

Piguet et Cie

A collection of 2 carriage clocks and 1 sundial with noon cannonA fine Geneva hour repeating Capucine French officer's clock with half hour strike, Morbier rack striking on the hours and alarm

A collection of 2 carriage clocks and 1 sundial with noon cannon
A fine Geneva hour repeating Capucine French officer's clock with half hour strike, Morbier rack striking on the hours and alarm