Fleming 4 clocks

Timepiece Carriage Clock with cylinder platform

This is a timepiece carriage clock with a cylinder platform, unsigned, the case parts numbered 138.

The dial has been repaired, but still has hairline crack from centre hole towards 8.45.

The ratchet wheel cock is stamped France, there is a large S & F stamped below platform, and both plates have cut-outs for the 'scape bottom cock.

The case is an Obis variant, with a rectangular top glass.

Maximum dimensions: 145mm high (handle up)or 120mm (handle down) by 80mm wide by 65mm deep

£400

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Timepiece Carriage Clock with English Lever platform

This has a corniche case, with a rectangular top glass.

The movement is unsigned and back of the back plate is clear of any stamps.

It is stamped on the inside with 8 & 2 by the pillar holes (the pillars being held to the back plate by screws not rivets), and the inside of the front plate is stamped F8 by bottom left pillar, 3 at bottom centre, 2 by bottom right pillar & 5 just below top right dial-foot hole!

It is fitted with a good quality 13-jewel English lever/ratchet-tooth escape wheel platform with a 90° layout.

The case is in very good condition, all glasses are intact & well-fitting, and the bottom blanking plate in the base is still there.

Altogether a very nice piece.

Maximum dimensions: 147mm high (handle up) or 120mm (handle down) by 76mm wide by 67mm deep

£500

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Modern 'Complicated' Carriage Clock

In this context, as I am sure you will know, 'complicated' means extra dials etc.
This particular clock has the following 'complications':

• Sweep seconds hand,
• Repeat strike,
• Date (of month),
• Alarm and
• Day (of week).

Yes, it is one of those clocks from China which you will see on Ebay, but unlike them it has had a lot of extra work put into it in terms of 'finish'. Both the movement and the case are now highly polished with the case lacquered, and its movement has had a full service. It now looks very good indeed.

The date can be moved on by turning a knob at the back for the short months, but if the clock runs down and the day is wrong you will have to turn the hands through however many days it is to get it back to the right day as it can only be changed by the hands going through midnight.

The platform has 11 jewels & is a club-tooth escapement - which is pretty standard - but unlike the Swiss ones it is only intended to be held on by three screws because the balance cock is curved round to one side over the place where the fourth one would be!

It has been on test for a while and keeps excellent time

One of the more unusual aspects of these clocks is that the strike-work is all on the back plate rather than between the dial and the front plate. I have only seen one French carriage clock like this, and I think this must be an approximate copy of that model, as the rest of the movement is so similar in its general layout to French carriage clocks. Strike-work like this is normally Austrian, but their carriage clocks are very different.

When I bought it, it had a pair of very poorly made enamel side panels (as you can see from the photos) of a pair of naked ladies. They needed to be there to hide the crude finish of the movement! Had they been well-enameled I would have left them in place as 'erotica', but in my opinion their quality is so bad that they detract from the overall quality of the clock now that I have refinished it. I am including the original panels in the sale (at no extra cost!) and am happy to re-instate them before shipping if you would prefer them to the glass sides currently in place.

Case dimensions: 210mm high (handle up) or 185mm (handle down), 103mm wide and 92mm deep.

£1000

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Timepiece Carriage Clock By Charles Frodsham of London, with Swiss Lever platform

This has an Anglaise case, with fluted pillars and a rectangular top glass.

The dial is signed Charles Frodsham, London - a firm with a very good reputation and pedigree.

The unsigned 8-day movement has a traditional style French-made Swiss lever club-tooth escape wheel platform with screwed-down plates holding the endstones for the balance wheel pivots.

The case is in good condition, with a few places where polishing has removed the lacquer and a patina is forming.

All glasses are intact & well-fitting, and the bottom blanking plate in the base is still there (although it has been removed for the last photo).

Maximum dimensions: 150mm high (handle up) or 125mm (handle down) by 79mm wide by 59mm deep

£275

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Repeat Strike Carriage Clock

This is an unusual little clock...
It is a repeat striking carriage clock with a single blow at the half-hours, but, unlike most carriage clocks, it is designed to run for only 30 hours. It has a pin-pallet escapement with the balance mounted between the main plates, rather than a platform escapement mounted across the top of the plates. However, despite the lower quality of the escapement it does keep very good time over a day, and the swing of the balance is good.
Since it has a repeat facility, it has a rack strike mechanism, striking on a bell mounted in the base.
It was made by the Waterbury Clock Company of the United States, and the back door is stamped "Patented / Jan. 15. 1878. / May. 6. 1890 / Dec. 23. 1890 / Jan. 13. 1891"
The enamel dial has both the Waterbury monogram (between 12.00 & the centre hole) and the full name below the minute tramline between just after 7.00 & just before 5.00
The back plate of the movement is also engraved "Waterbury Clock Co"
The case is a variation of the Corniche style, without a top glass as there is no platform escapement to look at!

Maximum dimensions: 5 1/4" (133mm) high (handle up) or 4 1/4" (108mm) (handle down) by 3" (76mm) wide by 2 1/8" (54mm) deep

£200

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