Golay Fils & Stahl, Geneve a small striking carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement having a platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with a push button to repeat the last hour at will, the backplate is stamped with the serial number 2472, the white enamel dial has black Roman hour numerals, decorative blued steel hands and signed for the maker Golay Fils et Stahl, Geneve, the small corniche case having a typical three bail handle, complete with the original winding key having the maker's details stamped on it, height 15.5cms handle up: 12.5cms handle down. * Biography Golay Fils & Stahl of Geneve were successors to l'ancienne maison Golay-Leresche & Fils founded in 1837, makers of clocks and watches with grande complications. Their address was Quai des Bergues 31 with the maison Paris at Rue de la Paix 2. They won various medals for their work including Paris in 1855 & 1878 and London in 1851 & 1862 culminating in a gold medal at Zurich in 1896. Following the death of Walter Stahl in 1914, the company established a grant of Fr. 2500 to allow an apprentice to continue the tradition of the Geneve horologer. * Notes Reference Patrizzi, Osvaldo Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois Pub: Antiquorum Editions