Geneva, May 12, 2024
LOT 334
UNSIGNED, GERMANY, RENAISSANCE TABLE CLOCK WITH HOUR-STRIKE, GILT BRONZE
CHF 18,000 - 28,000
HKD 156,000 - 244,000 / USD 19,900 - 31,000 / EUR 18,400 - 28,600
Sold: CHF 21,250
An extremely rare and important, gilt bronze, manual wind Drum-shaped, friction-fit back cover, fixed top forming the dial. The band with engraved with four vignettes, below a regular pierced gallery. 24 hours dial, radial Roman chapter ring with twenty four round touch knobs for night reading. Hour striking, single iron hand.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3*-33 |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense Restored |
Dial: 3-04 |
Good HANDS Later |
Brand Unsigned, Germany
Year Circa 1580
Diameter 110 mm.
Caliber Circular, 96 mm. Diameter, plates and wheels made in iron, four cylindrique pillars in brass, twelve turn fusee and gut-line, verge escapement, foliot in the shape of a horizontal bar ending in two bars. Countwheel strike under the dial.
Accessories Later fitted box