251 - Elias Weckherlin - Earley Alarm

Elias Weckherlin - Earley Alarm (*) A museum-quality, single-handed Augsburg verge pocket watch with alarm Dimensions: 45 mm, circa 1670, Weight: 112 g, Origin: Germany Case: Silver, lacquered, florally engraved bezel, rear bell. Dial: Silver champlevé, inlaid radial Roman numerals, central alarm disc with Arabic numerals. Movement: Fine full-plate movement, chain/fusee, engraved barrel for the alarm, ratchet wheel set up with a blued steel spring, 1 hammer, plain two-arm iron balance without a balance spring. The renowned watchmaker Elias Weckherlin was active in Augsburg from 1646 to 1688. His daughter Maria Barbara Weckherlin married watchmaker Johann Martin, who would later take over Weckherlin’s workshop. Weckherlin’s work is now owned by the British Museum, the Louvre in Paris, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; some of his timepieces were part of the Fränkel, Ilbert, and Damiano collections. The historic Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) in Dresden houses a Weckherlin watch with a case made by goldsmith Hans Jakob Mair. Case: very good, worn, scuffed. Dial: very good, slightly oxidized. Movement: very good, minor restorations, in working order.