Austrian silver early quarter hour repeater Circa 1690

Museum quality repeater pocket watch
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A museum quality early repeater pocket watch, made by Johan(n) Caspar Brosy in Groß Glogau, Austria, circa 1690. This watch features an exceptionally well preserved protective gilt silver case with its original leather cover, an inner case with finely crafted sound apertures, decorated with floral scenes, birds and a grotesque face (with partial restoration to the tendril area), as well as a bell. The gold champlevé dial features an outer minute and hour track with Arabic five minute numerals and Roman hour numerals and blued steel beetle hands for the hours and poker hands for the minutes. The movement is equipped with a verge escapement, tulip pillars, a straight cock and a quarter repeater.
The dial and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 176 g
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Signed: Brosy fecit
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Brosy
Johan Caspar Brosy was active during the first half of the 18^th century, with historical records and surviving timepieces documenting his work from around 1700 to approximately 1750. Horological reference databases – such as Jürgen Abeler’s master records of clockmakers – specifically list him as active in Groß Glogau around the year 1700. Until 1741, Glogau was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which was ruled by the Austrian Habsburg dynasty.

There is no surviving historical record indicating that Johan Caspar Brosy’s specific business in Groß Glogau was passed down to a direct successor or family member, or continued under his name after his demise around 1750.