German gilt oval one-handed pendant watch Circa 1650

Gilt metal and rock crystal verge pendant watch by David Buschman
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A German gilt metal, rock crystal and engraved single-handed oval pendant watch, circa 1640-1660. This watch features a full plate movement with a verge escapement. The dial of the watch is beautifully decorated with engravings and is completed with a silver chapter ring. The chapter ring has radial Roman numerals, half-hour dots, and a single steel hand. The case is made of gilt metal and is also engraved. It has a rock crystal and pierced hinged cover over the dial. The watchmaker who made this watch is David Buschman, a German watchmaker who lived between 1626 and 1701. The watch is signed on the movement with his name and the date, Davidt Buschman, Aug.
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Dimensions: 57 x 38 mm
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Signed: Davidt Buschman, Aug.
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Buschmann belonged to a prominent family of clockmakers active in Augsburg in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His uncle, Johann I Buschmann, learned the secret of Jost Bürgi’s cross-beat escapement, and for a brief period, watches with the escapement were made in Augsburg. This watch has an ordinary verge escapement, but it tells the hour of the day, the day of the week, the day of the month, the phases of the moon, and the moon’s age in its monthly cycle. David Buschmann was born on July 11, 1626. He died on April 6, 1701.