Scarce Early Angled 8 Day Motor Car Clock. c.1905 (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items)

Scarce Early Angled 8-Day Motor Car Clock. c.1905

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Scarce, quality, 8-day car clock with an angled base which was specially designed to be fitted to the low, vertical dashboards of a veteran cars and points the dial towards the driver. Made in Switzerland by “Manufacture d'horlogerie Coleru Meuri” and retailed in London by "Connaught Coachworks" (later to become an Armstrong Siddely dealership). Dating from around 1905.

This clock has a nickel plated brass case. The clock itself can be removed for winding, adjusting and regulating by removing a small bolt on the side of the case, then giving the bezel quarter turn to the left.

The clock has a nice quality, nickel plated "Octo" 8-day movement, a white enamel dial which is signed, "8 days - Connaught Coachwork - 121-122 Long Acre, London. W.C.", blued steel hands, and is still fitted with it's original glass which is in excellent condition. Diameter of clock case (not including base flange) : 58mm. Good condition (some wear to plating, a couple of very faint hairlines in enamel dial, but no chips). Good working order.

The watchmaking company, “Manufacture d'horlogerie Coleru Meuri” was formed in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. The company won medals at The International Clock Exhibition, in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1881, in Zurich in 1883, in Antwerp in 1885 and Paris in 1893. It also won a medal in 1893 at the ‘World’s Columbian Exhibition’ in Chicago, U.S.A. The company was renowned for its clocks, braille watches, dual-dial calendar moon phase watches, 24 hour display watches and cyclometers. In August 1903, the company registered the trade name “Octo” for use with their range of 8-day clocks. As well as “Octo”, Coleru Meuri also manufactured under several other trade names. Examples of these were: “Minerva”, “Bicycle Club Watch”, “La Mascotte” and “Compteur Kilometrique – Mascotte”.

Inventory No. M-191

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