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292-4260 Travel clock/carriage clock: complicated calendar watch with enamel painting dial, probably c. 1800 Approx. Ø96mm, octagonal brass case, verge movement, stunningly beautiful enamelled dial with off-centre time display, date, day of the week, month and month length, movement intact, calendar functional. now only: 1.400 €
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292-4300 Early drum/horizontal clock: rare Renaissance-style table clock, Johann Wüsthof Hall, ca. 1670 and later Horizontal clock by Johann Wüsthof(f), active c. 1660–1680 in Hall; presumably a later round brass case with traces of gilding, case finely engraved with an ornamental band featuring foliage, fleurs-de-lis and relief lion masquerons; a folding stand ring with a built-in bell; resting on four feet, decorated with acanthus leaves and fleurs-de-lis as well as relief lion masquerons; Dial decorated with the same scenes, featuring Roman numerals, a large hour hand, a small off-centre display showing Roman quarter-hours, mainplate with traces of gilding, decorated with applied, pierced and engraved floral and foliage motifs, bearing a watchmaker’s mark and the place name ‘Johann Wüsthof Hall’, Balance cock openwork and engraved with floral and foliage motifs, one spring for the hour strike, another for the quarter-hour strike, each with a florally decorated hammer; lock-disc striking mechanism for the full hours, with the inscription ‘Die Stunden man hier merken mag’; striking mechanism for the quarter-hours with the inscription ‘Hier zeiget es Den fiertel Schlag’, verge movement driven by a chain and fusee, movement intact, height 12 cm, diameter measured from the feet 15 cm. Provenance: Auction at Galerie am Neumarkt, Zurich, 1971. now only: 4.000 €
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292-4305 Table clock: early horizontal table clock with self-striking mechanism, probably Silesia, c. 1650 Ca. 13 x 13 cm, gilted brass, base bell, verge movement with self-striking hour mechanism, clapper in the shape of a double-headed eagle, later hairspring, movement intact. now only: 6.000 €
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292-4306 Table clock: very rare miniature horizontal table clock, Gottfried Scheck’s Görlitz No. 25, c. 1725 Approx. 80 mm in diameter, hexagonal case, glazed on the sides, verge escapement, 2 barrels, alarm and quarter-hour repeater, silver dial mounting, iron hands, very good condition, movement intact. The clock is described and illustrated in: Peter Plassmeyer, Mathematical-Physical Salon, Dresden State Art Collections, ‘The so-called horizontal table clock and the migration of clockmakers and moulds in the 16th and 17th centuries’, source: (https://www.cortrie.de/go/XoB). now only: 8.000 €
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292-4308 Table clock: significant, highly complicated horizontal clock with 2 bells, L. Schmidt, Prague, circa 1720 Ca. 15 cm in diameter, hexagonal, glazed on the sides, 2 base bells for different chimes for the hours and quarter-hours, choice of quarter-hour self-striking or hour self-striking, quarter-hour repeater, verge movement, signed Leopoldt Schmidt Prague, silver dial mounting, 3 winding holes for 3 barrels, iron hands, in very good condition, in working order. now only: 7.000 €
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292-4313 Fragment of an early single-hand Renaissance turret clock with hour strike, Brenner, Copenhagen 1563 Ca. 21 cm high, fire-gilt, case decorated with scenes based on Virgilius Solis’s series of copperplate engravings depicting the nine heroines and heroes of history; case: bronze, fire-gilt, engraved, 1 hammer / 1 bell. Dial: superimposed brass numeral ring with Roman numerals ‘I–XII’ and inner 24-hour scale with Arabic numerals, as well as push-buttons for night-time reading, engraved centre, blued iron hands. Movement: iron frame, iron and brass gear train, later chain/fusee for the walking mechanism, good string/fusee for the striking mechanism; verge escapement and spoon-shaped escape wheel are missing; incomplete, in need of restoration. A stepped, black ebonised hardwood plinth from a later period, with four pressed, gilt ball feet, serves as the base. The two-part, telescopic case features a square, moulded plinth with contemporary scrollwork engravings. On the front, alongside the engraving of the year 1563, are Stephan Brenner’s initials ‘SB’ and the coat of arms of Copenhagen. A coat of arms bearing the initials ‘OB’ in the centre of the hour dial indicates the watch’s first owner. The three sides feature engravings from the series of copperplate engravings ‘The Nine Heroines and Heroes of History’ by the Nuremberg copperplate engraver and draughtsman Virgilius Solis (1514–1562): On the right, Judas Maccabeus, the Jewish freedom fighter of the 2nd century BC; on the reverse, St Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine; and on the left, Jael, who killed an enemy of the people of Israel with a blacksmith’s hammer and a tent peg. According to Abeler’s *Meister der Uhrmacherkunst* (*Master of the Art of Watchmaking*), Stephan Brenner was probably a German watchmaker. He moved to Copenhagen in 1554 and became the court watchmaker there. He collaborated with Johan Sibe, for example on an astronomical clock dated 1556. Works by Brenner from the years 1556, 1561, 1576 and 1598 are held at the National Museum in Copenhagen. Further clocks dated between 1558 and 1597 are held in major museums and private collections both within and outside Denmark. Maker’s mark ‘SB’. Provenance: ‘The Richard and Erna Flagg Collection’ now only: 7.500 €
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292-4349 Rare A. Lange & Söhne marine chronometer, Type B, with lever escapement, built in 1947, with extract from the archives Mahogany box and gimbal suspension missing; black lacquered brass case; case and movement numbers match 206597; Anker chronometer; signed dial with power reserve indicator; black lacquered hands; movement intact. now only: 1.000 €
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292-4353 Table clock: Desk clock with minute repeater, Switzerland, ca. 1920 Ca. 14 x 14 cm, wood, leather-covered, 8-day lever movement with minute repeater, enamel dial, steel hands, movement intact, rare. now only: 1.500 €
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292-4355 Marine chronometer: Chronometer movements by Wempe Hamburg, Second World War Two-part wooden case, ca. 18 x 18 x 18 cm, gimbal suspension, Bakelite case, rare anchor chronometer movement, silvered dial with power reserve indicator, gold hands, number 3364, movement intact, manufactured in 1943. now only: 1.200 €
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292-4356 Marine chronometer: Chronometer movements by Wempe Hamburg, Second World War Two-piece wooden case with company badge and number 3709, suspension made of black material, so-called ‘metal rubber’, Bakelite case, spring-driven chronometer movement, helical hairspring, dial bearing the same number (corrosion) with power reserve indicator, gold hands, dial also bearing number 3709, movement intact, manufactured in 1944. now only: 1.500 €
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292-4365 Naval chronometer: GUB Glashütte Chronometer No. 2977, spring detent chronometer, with extract from the archives Mahogany box ca. 18.5 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm, company plate with number 2977, gimbal suspension, brass case GUB 2977, spring detent chronometer with helical hairspring No. 2977, dial with power reserve indicator and ‘1’ marking. Quality, matching the box number 2977, with the movement intact. The extract from the archives confirms its authenticity and early year of manufacture, 1953. now only: 1.500 €
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292-4366 Glashütte naval chronometer GUB, ca. 1959/1960 Mahogany box ca. 18.5 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm, company plate with number 7444, gimbal suspension, brass case GUB 7954, spring detent chronometer with helical hairspring, dial with power reserve indicator and marked 1. Quality, matching the number 7444 on the case, with the movement intact. now only: 1.200 €
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292-4368 Marine chronometer: rare A. Lange & Söhne marine chronometer No. 2829, 1950s Original box ca. 18.5 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm, gimbal suspension, brass case No. 2829, spring-driven chronometer movement 2829 with helical hairspring, original dial with power reserve indicator, matching case and movement numbers, movement intact. now only: 1.500 €
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292-4369 Marine chronometer: Glashütte GUB chronometer with papers, transport box and protective cover! Transport box 24 x 24 x 24 cm, chronometer box 18.5 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm, gimbal suspension, brass case, spring detent chronometer with helical hairspring, dial with serial number 13089, gold hands, movement with electrical contact mechanism, in working order, including original instruction manual and chronometer test certificate, a rarity in such complete original condition! now only: 1.500 €
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292-4371 Marine chronometer: A. Lange & Söhne Kriegsmarine chronometer No. 203971B, with extract from the archives Case ca. 18 x 18 x 18 cm, mahogany, company plate No. 203971B, gimbal suspension made of black so-called ‘metal rubber’, Bakelite case, Anker chronometer calibre 48, No. 203971B, very well-preserved matching dial with power reserve indicator, black lacquered hands, movement intact, cleaning urgently required. now only: 2.500 €
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292-4373 Marine chronometer: A. Lange & Söhne Kriegsmarine chronometer No. 203943B, with extract from the archives Case ca. 18 x 18 x 18 cm, mahogany, company plate No. 203943B, gimbal suspension made of black so-called ‘metal rubber’, Bakelite case, metal back with naval service number M 4177, Anker chronometer calibre 48, very well-preserved matching dial with power reserve indicator, black lacquered hands, movement intact, urgently in need of cleaning. According to an extract from the archives, delivered to the German Naval Observatory (Deutsche Seewarte) of the Kriegsmarine in 1944. As naval chronometers with a naval service number, these are particularly sought-after collector’s items and extremely rare! now only: 2.500 €
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292-4374 Marine chronometer with electrical contact mechanism, extremely rare ‘double chronometer’, GUB Glashütte Ca. 30 x 16 x 15 cm, wooden box, 2 chronometers with brass cases, spring detent chronometers, dials with power reserve indicator, No. 9759, with movement intact, extremely rare. It is believed that G.U.B. produced 35 of these double chronometers, which were used to compare Greenwich Mean Time with sidereal time, and it is assumed that 25 of these were converted into standard marine chronometers, leaving only 10 original examples in existence! now only: 2.500 €
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292-4383 Table clock: probably from southern Germany, a complicated officers’ travelling clock with 3 barrels, c. 1790 Ca. 21 cm high, brass, gilt, carrying handle, base bell, verge movement with self-striking hour mechanism, alarm and hour repeater, good condition, movement intact, with original key. now only: 2.500 €
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292-4385 Travel watch: small Paul Garnier travel watch with self-striking mechanism and rare Sully escapement, Paris, circa 1850 Ca. 15 cm high, with carrying handle, bronze, fire-gilt, signed mainplate, No. 5282, very rare Sully escapement, half-hour striking, 8-day movement, signed enamel dial with blue numerals, fine, old hairline crack at the bottom left, gilt hands, in working order with a very fine chime. now only: 1.500 €
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292-4386 Travel watch: exquisite French miniature travel watch with 4 enamel paintings and original box, ca. 1880 Ca. 6 cm high, brass case with carrying handle, enamel very fine painting on all sides, depicting children’s motifs of very fine quality, case back and movement bear the same number, No. 131, interesting full plate movement with cylinder escapement, impeccably preserved enamel dial, steel hands, very fine condition, in working order, including original key. now only: 2.500 €
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