Ch. Oudin

An extremely rare Parisian quarter repeating carriage clock of high quality, with spring detent chronometer escapement, "Grande Sonnerie" and "Petite Sonnerie", alarm and calendar

estimated

8.700—12.000 €

Price realized

specific features

Case

Brass, gilt, gorge case, facet glazed on all sides, handle with fluted middle part, sound holes, lever for choosing between Grande or Petite Sonnerie and Silence in the base.

Dial

Enamel, sudsidiary chapter ring for auxiliary seconds at "12", two sudsidiary chapter rings for manually adjustable day and date indicator, small sudsidiary chapter ring with Arabic numerals for alarm.

Movement

Rectangular brass full plate movement, 3 hammers / 1 bell, 3 barrels for going train, hour strike and alarm, platform with spring detent chronometer escapement, gold screw chronometer balance, blued helical balance spring.

Diam.145 mm

Circa1850

Ctry.France

This beautiful travelling clock was intended for the French as well as for the English market, as the day of the week display features double inscriptions in both French and English. Next to it are two other subsidiary dials for the alarm and the date on the right. The precision movement ensures impeccable running and a precise chiming mechanism, which strikes the quarters and the full hours on a bell with a rich sound. Pressing the button on the top of the case repeats the last hour and the quarter hour that has passed since.

Charles Oudin (1768-1840) was a pupil of Abraham-Louis Breguet and one of his best masters. Oudin started his own business in Paris and was appointed watchmaker to the Russian tsar; he became famous for designing a keyless wind. His son Charles Raymond Oudin (1806-1867) continued the business after his father's death.