Jules and Georges Perret (GPE). Hanging clock, lepine. 18k gold. Switzerland, ca. 1900.
Hanging clock, lepine. Manufactured by Jules and Georges Perret, later Vve. Georges Perret-Perrin. Switzerland, ca. 1900. 18k gold case. Inner cover stamped with 18k and with no. 228448. Exterior cover decorated with raised initials available. Dust cover in copper engraved with the same number. White porcelain dial, with Arabic numerals for the hours, strokes for the minutes, Louis XV type hands and seconds hand at six. Setting the time by pressing the pivot at 1 and turning the crown. Rope on the crown. Swiss mechanical movement machinery and bridges, signed GPE (Jules and Georges Perret), with free lever escapement, Breguet hairspring, split and compensated bimetal balance. Diameter 32,8mm. and 45,6 mm with ring. Weight 29 grams. In running state.
