Pierre Jaquet Droz, La Chaux de Fonds, ca. 1760
Hour and quarter hour striking train with three bells without repetition
organ with 13 metal pipes and eight tunes
wood casing with Boulle marquetry, stained horn and tortoiseshell inlaid on brass
mounts: bronze, fire gilt, chased and punched
hands: brass, gilt, perforated
height 103 cm, width 54 cm, depth 27 cm
diameter of white enamel dial 30 cm
Inv. 1951.14.
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