275 - Lehmann à Reinharz - Pretzsch Castle

Lehmann à Reinharz - Pretzsch Castle A rare enamel verge pocket watch with glazed protective case Dimensions 58 mm, circa 1750, Weight 133 g, Origin Deutschland Case: Brass, firegilt, enamel. Dial: Enamel. Movm.: Full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance. The back is decorated with a miniature painting set inside a painted Rococo cartouche. The image depicts a view of Pretzsch castle near Bad Schmiedeberg. The castle lies in close proximity to Castle Reinharz. The inside of the inner cover shows the distinctive profile silhouette of a contemporary gentleman. Hans Löser (1704–1763), elevated to the rank of Count in 1745, served as Electoral Saxony’s Conference Minister, Privy Councillor, and Hereditary Marshal, as well as hereditary lord and judicial authority of Reinharz. He lived at Schloss Reinharz, a moated castle near Bad Schmiedeberg. Löser invented the metal thermometer and established a workshop for astronomical instruments in the castle. Clockmaker Andreas Lehmann was one of the makers working in his workshop. No reliable biographical information about Andreas Lehmann has survived. However, in 1995 the Mathematisch-Physikalische Salon acquired a significant object signed J. A. Lehmann A Reinhartz: A coach watch, dated to 1755. Source: Jürgen Ermert, Präzisionspendeluhren, volume 1 Case: very good, worn, small restaurations. Dial: restaurations, hairlines, hands later. Movm.: very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.