German gilt metal and rock crystal pocket watch Circa 1635

Gilt metal and rock crystal verge with stackfreed by Conrad Kreizer
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A German gilt and rock crystal octagonal pocket watch, circa 1635. Verge escapement, barrel chopped decorated with foliage, pre balance spring and stack Freed signed Conrad Kreizer. Silver and gilt dial with Roman numeral hour circle and single steel hand. Octagonal outer case with ten rock crystal panels. 
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Diameter: 32 mm
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Signed: Conrad Kreizer
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A very good example in connection with a prestigious dynasty of watchmakers in the Augsburg region. It is interesting to note that this watch has a rare element stack Freed the first element of precision in the movements of the primitive watches, later replaced by the famous spiral balance in the eighteenth century. The stack Freed demonstrates the art of watchmaking from the time when watches were mainly elements of pomp reserved for the nobility and the clergy. Conrad Kreizer (Also Kreiser, Kreitzer gold Kraizerer), watchmaker included in the seventeenth century in the Augsburg region.