VERY RARE SWISS "DOVETAIL" CLOCK - SWITZERLAND, 1807 - working

A purchase proposal is possible. www.palazzodelbuonsignore.com Tel.: 3275865883 - 3312560700 Very rare and romantic Swiss clock made in the mountainous area on the border between northern Switzerland and the German Black Forest. Entirely made of wood (including the mechanism), painted and lacquered. In the first decade of the 19th century, some Swiss master watchmakers decided to create some rare examples of this type that depicts spring in the mountains. The clock is in fact entirely painted, with edelweiss, flowers and fruits. The characteristic pendulum case has a curious "dovetail" shape with a small window that allows you to glimpse the oscillation of the pendulum lens. The mechanism, entirely in wood, with counterweights differs from German clocks due to a finer machining of the gears. Even the escapement, called "Black Forest type", is larger and guarantees excellent precision to the mechanism. It is necessary to dispel the idea that wooden mechanisms, even those of the oldest clocks, cannot have a duration equal to or even greater than metal ones. The "mostrina" dial is also particular, in fact, in addition to bearing the date 1807 (year of construction of the clock), it has a silvered mirror and decorated from the inside with the "fixé" system (fixing of the drawing in ink and color under glass). This technique was then almost unknown in Europe! It then became highly esteemed and appreciated in France, Switzerland and the United States. The term in itself is not simply symbolic, in fact the painting is created directly on the glass. What we see, so brilliant and bright is the artist's thought who writes a message on a glass for the observer and wants to give us the advantage of reading in counterpart from left to right. As it is easy to understand, we are in front of a small jewel of watchmaking, beautiful to see and unusual in construction. Hence its extreme rarity. Perfectly working and with excellent precision. Excellent decorations and lacquering Switzerland - 1807. Measurements: height cm.64 width cm. 21 depth cm. 14.5