minimum 8-day large round movement, original anchor escapement, thread
suspended pendulum, striking the hours and half hours on a single bell, signed on the back plate Waltrin Fils à Paris; enamel dial with Roman ciphers for the hours and Arabic ciphers for the minutes, signed Waltrin Fils Hger du Roy, pierced, engraved and gilded brass hands; fire gilded brass case, gilded brass fretwork in the sides, the case crowned by 2 putti and a globe, Louis XVI, height 55 cm, to be dated around 1780.

Tardy mentions Waltrin fils aîné (Charles-Henry). Workshop Vieille Rue du Temple 1767-1789. City clockmaker and ordinary clockmaker to the king.

See also : Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française – Pierre Kjellberg – page 105 (C)

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