Important French silver hour repeating coach clock Circa 1770

Coach clock with alarm, quarter and hour self strike by Pierre-François Gautrin
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An important French hour repeating coach clock with alarm, quarter hour and hour self strike made for the Turkish market, circa 1770. Full plate movement, special form cylinder escapement with vertically arranged escape wheel and vertically arranged three armed brass balance, chain/fusee, two barrels for alarm and striking train, three hammers, fine rack strike levers applied on the back side. White enamel dial with Turkish numerals. Engraved case, the back decorated with a scene depicting the winged god Chronos, Chronos is holding his scythe while pushing the terrestrial globe in front of him, horizontally oval shaped cartouches filled with flowers and flower tendrils frame to the centre, the band with sound holes, rear bell. Accompanied by corresponding silver watchstand with ebonized base.
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Diameter: 145 mm
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Weight: 2300 g
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Signed: Pierre-François Gautrin Paris
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There is not much information available about Pierre-François Gautrin. Tardy lists him in Paris, where he became a master in 1767.
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This timepiece is illustrated and described in “Die Kutschenuhr” (the carriage clock) by Lukas Stolberg, Munich 1993, with the signature entry. Unfortunately, the signature on the clock could not be located.