Geneva, May 15, 2023

LOT 282

JACOB ERHART THORN, PRE-BALANCE SPRING TABLE CLOCK

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

EUR 3,100 - 6,200 / USD 3,400 - 6,800 / HKD 26,600 - 54,000

Sold: CHF 6,250

Fine gilt bronze hour striking on bell, pre-balance spring, single-hand square horizontal table clock.
Silver dial, champlevé radial Roman numerals.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3-6-8*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-8-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Brand Jacob Erhart Thorn , Germany

Year Circa 1660

Material Gilt brass

Caliber 80 x 80 mm, gilt brass, square pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, hog-bristle regulator, irregular gilt cock pierced and engraved , fixed barrel for striking, count wheel set on the back plate.

Dimensions 80 X 80 mm.

Signature Movement

Notes

Jakob Erhart, Thorn is recorded in Abeler ''Meister der Uhrmacherkunst''