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Gübelin. A fine and very attractive Art Deco gilt brass, hardstone, rose quartz and champlevé enamel 8-Day keyless lever Desk Clock
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Gübelin. A fine and very attractive Art Deco gilt brass, hardstone, rose quartz and champlevé enamel 8-Day keyless lever Desk Clock

Signed Gübelin, Lucerne, 8 days, No. 23'068, circa 1930

Closed13 November 2017

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CHF 2,500

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Gübelin. A fine and very attractive Art Deco gilt brass, hardstone, rose quartz and champlevé enamel 8-Day keyless lever Desk Clock
Signed Gübelin, Lucerne, 8 days, No. 23'068, circa 1930
Movement: eight-day lever movement, 15 jewels, signed
Dial: translucent pink and lilac guilloché, signed
Case: square-shaped gilt brass case with black scalloped outer case secured by four screws, all set atop a saucer-shaped green, black and gilt champlevé enamel base on a rectangular rose quartz base, the whole surmounted by two hardstone figures playing a drum with a hardstone dog, signed, base 17 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, overall height 24 cm.

Specialist note

This pretty Art Deco clock in the Chinese style is a classic of the period with bold geometric shapes in striking and contrasting colours. It is furthermore fully signed by the prestigious maker Gübelin of Lucerne.
Gübelin was founded as a watchmaking business by Jakob Josef Mauritz Breitschmid in 1854. The firm subsequently flourished under the direction of his son-in-law Jakob Eduard Gübelin, as the town of Lucerne became a tourist centre. The company moved to larger premises at Schweizer Hofquai in 1903. Following the appointment of his son, Eduard Moritz Gübelin, as director in 1919 the firm also began to make jewellery and started to produce small numbers of high quality clocks.