RARE AND EARLY WATCH WITH CASE

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€ 13 000
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15.11.2023 11:00UTC +02:00
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VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
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Germany, Köln
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Lot 120 | RARE AND EARLY WATCH WITH CASE
RARE AND EARLY WATCH WITH CASE.

Beer d.Ä, Johann. Ulm

Date: Ca. 1690.
Technique: Brass, silver, steel, enamel amongst others.
Description: Hinged protective case with pierced ornamental decor. Smooth silver inner case. Silver
dial with so-called wandering day and night hours. In the centre semicircular opening with
depiction of moon & sun on blue priming made of translucid enamel. Above this Roman hours
ordered in a semicircular manner. Below auxiliary dial for seconds. Inside ring with
Arabic minutes and quarter hours. Outside alongside the rim rotating date display.
Elaborately adorned verge movement with beautiful pillars.
Measurement: ø 6cm.
Mark: Signed on dial "Beer" as well as on the backpanel of the movement "Johann Beer Ulm" (1687 Aufnahme in Zunft, Abeler p.55). Inner case marked "IP" under the crown.


Provenance:
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia, purchased Mentnik & Roest, 1995.
Address of auction VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
Hitzelerstr. 2
50968 Köln
Germany
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