Polish quarter repeating coach clock with self strike Circa 1770

Pair cased verge watch by P. Radzinski
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A Polish pair cased quarter repeating coach clock with Grande Sonnerie, alarm, quarter hour and hour self strike, circa 1770. Full plate movement, chain/fusee, verge escapement, four barrels for striking and alarm train, four hammers, three armed brass balance. White enamel dial with small centred silver chapter ring and Arabic numerals for alarm. Lacquered outer case with decorative studs, sound openings and large lateral hinge, silver inner case, finely engraved with floral pattern and rear bell.
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Diameter: 124 mm
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Weight: 1400 g
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Signed: P. Radzinski a Breslau
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Paulus (Pawel) Radzinski was born in Warsaw circa 1730. He completed his apprenticeship there in 1751 and opened his own business in Wroclaw (Breslau) in 1760. This piece and two others are the only ones by Radzinski we know to have survived. Eventually Radzinski’s sons Józef and Piotr took over his shop and expanded the business under the brand ‘J.P. Radzinski Fils’ . They not only produced their own fine timepieces but were also known as important retailers of watches imported from France and Germany.
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Another coach clock by Paulus Radzinski, signed ‘Paulus Radzinski à Vratislauie’ (Wrocław), is illustrated and described in: “Die Kutschenuhr” by Lukas Stolberg, Munich 1993.