Vintage Station Clock Brillé France

Vintage French Station - Railway - Factory Brillie Clock.
The frame is metal with a glass in the center.
Diameter 50 cm Original vintage condition.
The clock comes from Reims, capital of champagne in France.
The clock has its original movement and it works with a battery-powered master clock.
Just hang it on the wall.

It was in 1898 that Charles Vigreux and Lucien Brillié created a company manufacturing mechanical devices and electric in Levallois-Perret. But very quickly, Lucien Brillié (engineer) will help his brother Henri to create electric clocks: the Brillié Frères workshops are born. They are not the first to build an electric clock but will enable its democratization thanks to remote synchronization. The principle is simple, a master clock made it possible to send an electrical pulse. This guaranteed perfect synchronization and avoided the loss of time associated with winding clocks. Whether in France or abroad, many factories, stations, schools, etc. will thus be equipped with this very innovative system. The Brillié company experienced a strong period of growth in the 1960s and 1970s and became the overwhelming leader in industrial watchmaking in France. However, the company will have difficulty adapting to technological developments and Asian competition in the 1980s and will cease its activity in 1987.