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A JAEGER ‘TEMPS DU MARCHE’ 8 DAY
CHRONOGRAPH CAR CLOCK, SWISS
MADE,
12 hour black dial with luminous Arabic
numerals, outer chapter with 1/5 second
intervals, subsidiary dials show elapsed time
of trip and minutes of the hour, each with red
green indicator window, sweep second hand
(sticks and requires attention), other hands with
luminous paint in apparently working order,
7.5cm diameter bezel, slight chip to lens under
left button, in metal and silver painted case,
with red topped left button, together with four
photocopies of Jaeger catalogue pages.
(5)
£1,000 - 1,
€1,200 - 1,

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A JAEGER ‘TEMPS DU MARCHE’ 8 DAY
CHRONOGRAPH CAR CLOCK, SWISS
MADE,
12 hour black dial with luminous Arabic
numerals, outer chapter with 1/5 second
intervals, subsidiary dials show elapsed time
of trip and minutes of the hour, each with red
green indicator window, sweep second hand,
other hands with luminous paint, in apparently
working order, 7.5cm diameter bezel, in metal
and silver painted case, together with a page
from a 1936 Jaeger catalogue depicting a
similar chronometer.
(2)
£1,000 - 1,
€1,200 - 1,

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TWO GOOD QUALITY DASHBOARD
INSTRUMENTS, 1930S,
comprising a Negretti & Zambra Metallic
Thermometer, marked 0-140 Fahrenheit,
with movable outer pointer, chromed casing,
bezel 6cm diameter, and an Auto Altimeter,
nickelled dial with scale from 22-31 inches and
a movable black outer ring marked 0-10 Ten
Thousand Feet, chromed casing, bezel 6cm
diameter.
(2)
£1,200 - 1,
€1,400 - 1,

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THREE HEUER DASHBOARD
CHRONOGRAPHS,
each with black dial, comprising a Master Time
8 Day clock (crown wheel loose), mounted
with a Monte-Carlo stopwatch for ‘Ferrari’ ,
with jump dial window numbered 0-11, on
double back-plate, together with a Monte-Carlo
stopwatch (lens cracked) mounted on a single-
back plate, all mounted together on a shaped
wooden backboard.
£2,200 - 2,
€2,500 - 3,

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A FRAMED AND GLAZED DISPLAY OF

‘THE WORLD’S GREATEST AUTOMOBILES’

EMBLEMS BY FRANKLIN MINT,

circa 1980, original hinged wooden case with

name-plate and glazed lid, with blue velvet tray

fitted with 50 sterling silver plaques each inlaid

with emblem of mainly British, European or

American marques including Ferrari, Bugatti,

Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini, Jaguar, Mercedes,

Stutz, Aston Martin, Benz, Rolls-Royce, Bentley,

Maserati, BMW, and others, the case measuring

30 x 60 x 8cm.

£1,500 - 1,

€1,700 - 2,

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A “HOTCHKISS” COCKEREL MASCOT, BY

AUGUST CAIN, FRENCH, CIRCA 1924,

signed ‘A.Cain’, also bearing Susse Freres,

Paris foundry stamp and further stamped

‘187’ to rear of base, nickel-plated bronze,

finely detailed mascot depicting a resplendent

crowing cockerel, complete with Hotchkiss-

Paris emblem to base, the hollow base with twin

stud for correct position mounting, beak ground

down and tips to some tail feathers bent, 16cm

high.

£1,000 - 1,

€1,200 - 1,

These mascots were only fitted to the car of the

President of France and Chamber of Deputies

government cars, and was the only mascot

produced by the Parisian sculptor August Cain.

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