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GERMAN | A GILT-METAL 'TURMCHENUHR' WITH ALARMCIRCA 1600 WITH LATER ALTERATIONS
Estimate
5,000 - 7,500 GBP
Sold
6,250 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- German
- A GILT-METAL 'TURMCHENUHR' WITH ALARMCIRCA 1600 WITH LATER ALTERATIONS
• Movement: steel movement with fusees and lipped barrels to going and striking trains, later brass conversion to verge and pendulum, alarm train but no alarm dial• Dial: 3-inch later silvered dial converted for hour and minute hands, subsidiary zodiacal dial not connected, strike indication dial to the rear• Case: tower case with conical spire above a pierced dome housing the bell, the splayed foot engraved with scrolls and strapwork