Table clock: significant, large, early Renaissance turret clock with 3 complications, iron movement, dated c. 1580 - Cortrie Special-Auctions for Watches and Jewellery in Hamburg

292-4314 Table clock: significant, large, early Renaissance turret clock with 3 complications, iron movement, dated c. 1580

Ca. 53 cm high, brass and copper, gilt, tower-shaped, architecturally designed case with openwork domed belfry and galleries, topped by a figure in the form of a knight (added later), on the front a mounted striding lion, very early iron movement with verge escapement, on the back, a short pendulum, 3 mainspring barrels with winding at the front and on both sides, 3 dials: the front features a time display (single-hand), the sides feature an alarm scale and a striking mechanism scale, repeater, self-striking mechanism and alarm, iron hands; the movement starts and strikes loudly and clearly; adjustment and overhaul urgently required. This is a particularly early and particularly impressive example of a Renaissance turret clock, the likes of which are now very rarely seen on the market. Like almost all clocks from this period, it has undergone various restorations over the course of five centuries. A comparable turret clock achieved 42,000 Swiss francs at Koller in Switzerland.

Limit: 10.000 €

Estimate: 50.000 €

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