Comtoise clock - Antique Copper - 1880-1920
05
days
13
hours
35
minutes
19
seconds
No bids placed
Catawiki Buyer Protection
Your payment’s safe with us until you receive your object.View details
Trustpilot 4.4 | 137853 reviews
Rated Excellent on Trustpilot.
Antique copper Comtoise clock from Auvergne, France, with a mechanical eight‑day movement, a half‑hour strike on a single bell, 140 cm high, 35 cm wide, 22 cm deep, weighing 35 kg, and a winding key, dating to 1880–1920.
AI-assisted summary
Description from the seller
French Comtoise or Morbier clock, probably made between circa 1840 and 1870.
* Richly decorated brass front plate (lunette) with a religious scene above the dial.
* On the dial it says:
* Antoine Laval
* Horloger
* Pleaux
* Pleaux is a small town in Cantal (Auvergne, France). The clockmaker usually sold the clock under his own name; the movement was often produced in the Jura.
It is an eight-day weight-driven movement:
* two cast-iron weights;
* a long pendulum;
* a large bell on which the clock strikes;
* winding is done with the pendulum that comes with it
* Enamel dial in mint condition.
* Original hands present.
* Original weights.
* Original pendulum.
* The movement is complete and clean.
French Comtoise or Morbier clock, probably made between circa 1840 and 1870.
* Richly decorated brass front plate (lunette) with a religious scene above the dial.
* On the dial it says:
* Antoine Laval
* Horloger
* Pleaux
* Pleaux is a small town in Cantal (Auvergne, France). The clockmaker usually sold the clock under his own name; the movement was often produced in the Jura.
It is an eight-day weight-driven movement:
* two cast-iron weights;
* a long pendulum;
* a large bell on which the clock strikes;
* winding is done with the pendulum that comes with it
* Enamel dial in mint condition.
* Original hands present.
* Original weights.
* Original pendulum.
* The movement is complete and clean.
Details
Specific region of origin
Auvergne
Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
1
Clock type
Comtoise clock
Material
Copper
Clock mechanism
Mechanical
Power reserve
8 day movement
Striking
half hour, one bell
Style
Antique
Country of origin
France
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
In working order
Yes
Height
140 cm
Width
35 cm
Depth
22 cm
Estimated period
1880-1920
Weight
35 kg
Winding key
Yes
Sold by
