Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 163
Ulrich Schmidt, German, 1585. Rare gilt-metal and silvered diptych dial, made for latitude 49 degrees
CHF 11,000 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 7,475
Upper leaf: Exterior with engraved scales for months, date, hours and zodiac, within chased foliage border. Interior with volvelle for lunar hours, phase, aspectarium, the four cardinal points and a wayfinder. Lower leaf: Interior with folding engraved plomb bob terminating the string gnomon of the silvered horizontal dial, with inset magnetic compass. Exterior engraved with an arabesque foliage pattern. Signed with initiais and dated in the upper leaf. In good condition. Dims. 60 x 42 mm.
