The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 67

Oval Striking WatchGerman school, circa 1580, maker's mark M.S., possibly Martin Schmidt, Prague.Fine and very rare silver and gilt metal, oval, single hand two-train clock watch.

C. Three-body, 'fermée' type, hinged gilt metal covers, both pierced and engraved with a Gothic rosette, the front to allow for reading of the dial, the back with an elongated geometrical pattern, the silver band engraved with floral decoration, once with champlevé enamel, swivel pendant, loose ring, small gilt finial at the bottom. D. Silver, outer 13 to 24 hour Roman chapter with half-hour divisions, quarter-hour ring inside and inner ring for 13 to 24 Arabic hours in the German style, centrence with champlevé enamel, engraved with a flower vase with a bird on top. Blued-steel hand. M. Oval, 40 x 49 mm, gilt brass full plate, turned column pillars, fusee and chain, five-wheel iron train, verge escapement, two-arm iron circular balance, small brass S-shaped cock secured by a screw, pierced and curved foot, iron striking train with brass fixed barrel engraved with alternating horizontal lines, iron count wheel on the back plate, gilt hammer striking on round shallow bell mounted insidback cover.Stamped on the back plate 'MS' with inverted goblet symbol between the letters.Dim. 71 x 50 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, page 30-31.