The silvered chapter ring with moonphase to center, signed to lower dial plate 'Pierre Amy a St. Malo'; the twin-train movement with Chevalier de Bethune escapement and silk suspension, strike work with double snail to backplate to strike petite-sonnerie during daylight hours and grande-sonnerie during night hours, single bell to top
9 ¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide, 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) deep

Christie's, London, 28 March 1973, lot 15.
The Time Museum, until sold:
Masterpieces from The Time Museum, Part IV, Sotheby's, New York, 13 October 2004, lot 565.
The Abbott Guggenheim Collection: A New York Kunstkammer, Christie's, New York, 28 January 2015, lot 98.
Robert de Balkany, rue de Varenne, Paris - Day Sale, Sothebys, Paris, 28-29 September 2016, lot 370.

The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, Inventory No. 833.

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