Lot 314

Antoine Redier

Pendule de Bureau

A collection of 5 timepieces
A rare Pendule de Bureau with barometer and thermometer in velvet lined leather box

The two circular drum-head housings are mounted on a gilt turned stem with suspension loop, on a circular foot. The clock on the left has a white enamel dial. The matching white-dial aneroid barometer on the right reads from 27 to 31 inches of pressure, the reverse with silvered thermometer, featuring a Fahrenheit scale and horseshoe-shaped mercury tube.

French clockmaker and inventor Joseph-Antoine-Jean Redier (1817-1892) attended the clockmaking school in Paris and invented a compass with a special equidistant circle (1835) during his time there. In 1847 he invented the alarm and the so-called "pendules huitaines ", which revolutionized the watchmaking industry. Redier was made a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1863 and an officer in 1878. Antoine Redier was married twice. He left behind a widow and 14 children.
Source: wikipedia.org.