Grand Pendule Charles X Représentant Apollon, Circa 1827

Very large finely chiseled, gilded and patinated bronze clock representing the god Apollo playing the lyre. He is wearing a laurel wreath.
Silver chiselled dial with Roman numerals signed by the watchmaker Pierre-César Honoré PONS (1773-1851) and dated 1827.
Base in sea green marble. French work from the Charles X period.

Circa 1827

Dimensions:
height 71cm
length 64cm
depth 23cm

Material: patinated gilt bronze and sea green marble
Period: Charles X
Origin: FRANCE - PARIS
Condition of the object: Very good state of preservation.
Signature: movement signed by the watchmaker Pierre-César Honoré PONS (1773-1851).

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Pierre-Caesar Honoré Pons
Born in Paris in 1773, died in Paris on January 13, 1851, was a French watchmaker. First installed as a clockmaker in Paris, he is known for having revived the watch industry in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont (Normandy). He has signed a large number of cmenine pendulum mechanisms.

Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Grenoble. Honoré Pons continued his studies in Paris with the Jesuits and began an apprenticeship with Antide Janvier. In 1798, he worked as a clockmaker at the prestigious Lepaute. In 1803, he set up as a clockmaker in the rue de la Huchette in Paris, not far from the Place Saint-Michel where the great watchmakers such as Berthoud, Breguet and Lépine worked.
Honoré Pons came to settle in Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in 1807, commissioned by the authorities of the State (prefect of Seine-Inférieure and Napoleon's Minister of the Interior).
He received several gold and silver medals. In 1819, he was awarded the Legion of Honor.
In 1846, seeing his health decline, he sold his workshops to the watchmaker Delépine.
A large collection of mechanisms signed Honoré Pons is kept at the Museum of Arts and Crafts, a collection of clocks and clocks at the Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont watchmaking museum.