FEBRUARY ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 27 February 2018 - 9:00 AM start

A Certina desk clock

Lot Details

heavy gilt brass rectangular case 70 x 160 x 140. With forward sloping top, silvered dial with applied gilt hour numerals at quarters and batons at hours, gilt and polished baton hands with counterbalanced centre seconds hand that advances in one-second jumps. Dial and case top marked 'CERTINA' in raised letters, and 'EXACT TIME' in engraved and blackened letters . Convex glass covering dial. Movement is highly jewelled with lever escapement, damascened and spotted 75mm diameter plates, compensated balance with whiplash regulator visible and accessible through aperture in protective back cover. A complete secondary train enables the jumping seconds. The case back is marked '3 DAYS, 1412', with fold-down winder and hand setting knob. High quality and excellent finish throughout. Outer hinged fitted and padded carrying case lined with grey satin and felt and covered in red leather with 'CERTINA' embossed on top in gold. c.1950.