German gilt Renaissance watch with hour striking Circa 1575

Gilded brass verge watch, attributed to E. Eysler Nuremberg
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A large and important museum quality southern German gilded brass Renaissance single handed verge watch with hour striking, dating back to approximately 1575. Brass full plate movement with verge escapement maker’s mark: shield with monogram EE, 2 open iron barrels, 1 hammer, iron wheels, internally toothed locking disk, solid movement pillars, stackfreed, spoon rest with hog bristle adjustment.
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Silver dial with engraved Roman hours and half hour markers, applied hour knobs for time reading by night, radial Roman hours I-XI and Arabic numbers 13-24, engraved compass rose in the center and an iron hand.
The case with remains of fire gilding boasts elaborate floral ornamentation and openwork design. The front lid with 12 cutouts shows the hours on the dial, a bulging band decorated with period strapwork and a rear bell. This museum-quality watch is a remarkable piece of history.
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Diameter: 63 mm
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Weight: 282 g
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Signed: Attributed to E. Eysler Nuremberg
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This watch is shown and described in the report “The pocket watch in its second development period” by Carl Speckhart in the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung from 1914.
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In very good condition, small repairs.
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The stack freed mechanism consists of a cam and a spring arm and exerts a retarding force on the mainspring. The design was probably invented in the 16th century in Nuremberg and used mainly in the Southern regions of Germany. The stack freed was much thinner than the chain and fusee construction and thus allowed the production of flatter watches.
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Reference 0150000