Brüder Hahn Hofmecanici à Stüttgardt

A Stuttgart pocket watch of museum quality with regulator dial and centre seconds Movm. No. 168, Case No. 9999, Dimensions 59 mm, circa 1800, Weight 116 g, Origin Deutschland Case: Silver, case maker punch mark "IFB". Dial: Enamel, Arabic hours and minutes at "12", outer five seconds divisions, central blued seconds hand. Movm.: Full plate movement, keywind, open barrel, cylinder escapement, large five-arm brass balance, large open-worked central balance bridge decorated with foliage and a cock, engraved regulator scale. The white enamel regulator dial features a main chapter ring with seconds and half seconds division and black Arabic quarters. A subdial at 12 o’clock shows a ring with Arabic hours and three Arabic quarters for the minutes, which are indicated by gold arrow hands. The brothers Hahn, Christian Gottfried (* 1769) and Christoph Matthäus (1767-1833), worked in the workshop of their father Philipp Matthäus Hahn of Onstmettingen, Kornwestheim, and Echterdingen. Christian Gottfried and Christoph Matthäus went on to become "Hofmechanikus" (court mechanicians) in Stuttgart. Christian Gottfried was later recorded in Berlin and in America. Case: very good, slightly worn. Dial: very good. Movm.: very good, capable of running.