German brass one handed self strike coach watch Circa 1660

Coach clock with self strike by Johann Georg Mayr
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A rare one-handed German coach clock with hour self strike, circa 1660.
Brass, firegilt, case with open work walls with floral engraving, the bottom with an engraved view of a town in the centre and rear bell. Brass, fire gilt, dial with florally engraved centre, radial Roman and radial Arabic hours and single iron hand. Full plate movement, keywind, applied floral decorations, signed, chain/fusee, engraved barrel, baluster-shaped movement pillars, locking plate for strike mechanism, 1 hammer, verge escapement, two-arm iron balance, very finely florally engraved, pierced balance cock, hog’s Bristol regulation.
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Diameter: 105 mm
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Signed: Johann Georg Mayr Munich
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Johann Georg Mayr (circa 1640-1684)
From 1662 Johann Hans Georg Mayr was clockmaker to the court in Munich. During his short life he created mainly table clocks with astronomical indication such as horizontal table clocks and astronomical tableclocks with musical mechanisms. Some of his clocks can be seen in the Bavarian national museum in Munich, in the “Kunsthistorisches Museum” in Vienna and in the “Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon” in Dresden.
Other clocks by Johann Georg Mayr are described and illustrated in: Juergen Abeler “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst” (masters of watchmaking), 2nd edition, Wuppertal 2010, p. 375. F.J. Britten “Watch and Clock Makers Handbook. Dictionary and Guide”, Baron Publishing, England 1976, p. 799 Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan “Alte Uhren und ihre Meister”, Leipzig 1926, p. 263 H. Alan Lloyd “Clocks”, London 1964, p. 100