A. BROCOT et DELETTREZ Paris Astronomical table clock w. perpetual calendar 1880

Description: A. BROCOT et DELETTREZ, à Paris Astronomical table clock with perpetual calendar, moon phase and central second hand ca. 1880$11.800,- A. BROCOT et DELETTREZ, à Paris Astronomical table clock with perpetual calendar, moon phase and central second hand ca. 1880$11.800,- DescriptionDetailsAbout me A. BROCOT et DELETTREZ, à Paris Astronomical table clock with perpetual calendar, moon phase and central second hand ca. 1880 Dial: The upper white enamel dial with recessed center and visible Brocot escapement, gilt bronze bezel, radial Roman numeral for the hours, large seconds track with Arabic five-minute graduation, filigree steel central seconds hand and blued steel Breguet hands. Below is the perpetual calendar dial in finely painted enamel with aperture for the moon phase, framed by a fine colored enameled night sky. On the left and right, the allegories of day and night, each depicted as a woman holding a lamp in her arms - also painted in fine nuances. Below, three subdials to indicate the day of the week, date, month and leap year, complete with seasons in French; the hands are steel, including the centered month hand bearing a cast sun. The dials are framed by an ornate gilt and floral engraved background. Both dials are perfectly preserved, all hands are original. Movement: The eight-day movement with Brocott - lever escapement, compensation pendulum with Brocott spring suspension device which can be adjusted above the "12" with a key. The half hour striking movement (with a hammer striking a large bell) has a very nice sound. The movement is signed by the reseller with "Per Bally Brevette Paris No. A 1995 and A 2005" and the Brocott movement no. "4200". The bimetallic grate pendulum is a variant of Ellicott's pendulum and was patented by Brocott in 1847. The circular movement with the perpetual calendar is controlled by a lever from the movement. Both movements are in a very nice, fully functional condition as well as cleaned and checked for function by the watchmaker. Case: The bronze frame with profiled white base made of Carrara - marble base, as well as the pediment. All sides of the case are glazed (facet cut), one door each front and back. The case is in very nice condition. This clock is one of the largest and most complicated calendar clocks by Brocot. See German Clock Museum Furtwangen, an almost identical clock, signed Jean-Antoine Lépine. The company Le Roy in Paris bought some astronomical table clocks from Brocot and sold them under their own name. H.W.D. 47cm. 30cm 22cm Weight 18,5Kg. Louis-Achille Brocot (1817-1878) was both a watchmaker and a mathematician. He was probably the most inventive of the five brothers fathered by watchmaker Louis-Gabriel Brocot. He held numerous patents and invented and improved many aspects of watchmaking, most notably through the escapement he developed and named. He also invented a regulating device for the pendulum spring in 1855 In 1851 Jean-Baptiste Delettrez became his business partner. At the 1857 World's Fair, the company won a First Class medal for a pendulum with calendar and moon phase. After Brocot's death in 1878, Delettrez continued to work alone. The clocks were then signed "JBD", as visible on the present pendulum. Jean-Baptiste Delettrez died in Paris on May 25, 1887, and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. Jean-Baptiste "Antoine" Delettrez was born on May 1, 1816 in Paris 5e Arrondissement. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delettrez and Zoé Divry. Philibert Antoine Bally was a Parisian watch dealer and possibly watchmaker. In 1848, Philibert A. Bally was located at 25 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth. Bally was granted a patent for an escapement, on April 25, 1864 a large catalog was published "Catalogue des modèles et surmoulés... de la maison Philibert Bally... brand:A. BROCOT et DELETTREZ, à Parismaterial:Bronze, MARMORsize:H.B.T. 47cm. 30cm 22cmweight:18,5 Kgmovement:Anker Hemmungdial:emaille / Enamelfeatures:EWIGER KALENDER; MONDPHASEage:CA: 1880condition:excellent Conditioncountry:Frankreich / France The love for old things has kept me working as an antique dealer for over twenty-five years. Originally born in Denmark, I have been living in Berlin for a long time. Curiosity and the desire to expand my specialist knowledge lead to a lively exchange with collectors. Not least through these contacts I constantly buy estates and collections and get beautiful old things again and again. Always on the search for small and large treasures, the quality and the high craftsmanship of the individual pieces mean a lot to me. For over 18 years I have been concentrating on trading on ebay. A fast, customer-friendly and uncomplicated process is particularly important to me. 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