Austrian pair cased quarter repeating coach watch Circa 1760

Silver Austrian coach clock with alarm
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A very fine Vienna pair cased quarter repeating coach clock with alarm, circa 1760.
Silver case, shagreen, sound holes, large lateral hinge, the edge hand engraved with foliate decor, signed, rear bell. Dial is enamel, radial Roman hours, central blued turnable alarm ring, Louis XVI hands. Full plate movement, firegilt, signed, barrel/fusee, solid movement pillars, 3 hammers, verge escapement, three arm iron ring balance, florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.
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Diameter: 103 mm
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Weight: 935 g
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Signed: Johann Michael Pergauer in Wienn
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Johann Michael Pergauer (also Bergauer)
Pergauer was born in Vienna around 1717 and became a master in 1757. He was clockmaker to the court in Vienna circa 1770; in 1771 his proposal of establishing a clock manufactory was rejected. In 1780 the imperial court awarded Pergauer the sum of 150gulden for a metal stamping machine. Pergauer died in 1791.