Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816 - photo 1
Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816 - photo 2
Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816 - photo 3
Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816 - photo 4
Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816 - photo 5

Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816

Lot 4184
14.09.2019 18:30UTC +01:00
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€ 5 000
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Lot 4184 | Taschenuhr: extrem schweres, hochfeines englisches Taschenchronometer "bester" Qualität, signiert James McCabe No.633, Hallmarks 1816
Estimate value
€ 5 000 – 8 000
Ca. Ø62,5mm, ca. 197g, Doppelgehäuse aus Silber, übereinstimmende Hallmarks London 1816, übereinstimmende Meistermarke JM, signiertes und nummeriertes Chronometerwerk nach Earnshaw, ausgestattet mit Z-Unruh mit trapezförmigen Gewichten, zylindrische Spirale, Diamantdeckstein, verschraubte Goldchatons, signiertes und nummeriertes Emaillezifferblatt, rotgoldene Zeiger, sehr schöner Erhaltungszustand, hervorragende Qualität, funktionstüchtig, bedeutender englischer Chronometermacher. James McCabe fertigte überwiegend Taschenuhren. Für diese verwendete er Hemmungen unterschiedlichster Konstruktion. Letztendlich spezialisierte er sich aber auf die Duplexhemmung. Seine Taschenuhren und -chronometer unterteilte er in drei Qualitäts- und Preiskategorien. Zur Unterscheidung verwendete er unterschiedliche Signaturen: 1. James McCabe für die Uhren der höchsten Qualität, 2. McCabe für Uhren der mittleren Güte, 3. Beatson für Uhren des täglichen Gebrauchs. Am 2. April 1781 wird James McCabe, zusammen mit 37 anderen Uhrmachern (einschließlich Emery, Frodsham, Pinchbeck und Vulliamy) zum "Honorary Freeman" (Ehrenmitglied) der Clockmakers Company ernannt. Er wurde "Junior Warden" im Januar 1809, "Renter Warden" im Oktober 1809 und "Senior Warden" am 8. Juli 1811.
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