Early German verge clock watch with hour self strike Circa 1560

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Kenmerk
AD5674
Diameter
94 mm
Estimate
€ 15.000 - 30.000
Price sold
€ 25.000

Rare large clock watch with Master mark “CKL”, presumably Nuremberg
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A rare German one handed large verge “clock watch” with hour self strike, circa 1560.
Copper gilt case with all over rich open work floral chasing and engraving, front with spoke shaped open work detail showing the hours and rear bell. Gilt dial; outer hour ring with inlaid Roman numerals “I-XII”; inner hour ring with inlaid Arabic numerals “13 – 24”, with applied hour knobs for time reading by night and finely cut single iron hand. Full plate movement, gilt, monogrammed, with applied floral decorations, iron train, verge escapement, 2 open barrels, solid movement pillars, 1 hammer, locking plate with internal teeth and control dial for strike, stackfreed, two arm iron balance without balance spring and hog’s bristle regulator.
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Diameter: 94 x 53 mm
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Signed: “CKL”
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This clock is mentioned in: Jürgen Abeler, “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst”, 2. Auflage, Wuppertal 2010, page 627, as well as in G.H. Baillie”Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World”, vol. I, Edinburgh/London, 1947, page 355.

Signed: “CKL”

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