102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 246
Pieter Hues fecit, Augsburg/London, 42 x 64 mm, 113 g, circa 1630
An important, Puritan style, oval, pre-balance spring pendant watch with one hand
Case: bronze, firegilt, polished. Dial: bronze, firegilt, richly engraved with flowers, foliage scrolls and a cherub's head, applied silver chapter ring with Roman numerals, engraved city view of London Bridge and surroundings in the centre, single iron hand. Movm.: oval full plate movement, gut/fusee, verge escapement, applied click work, plain two-arm iron balance without balance spring.
Provenance: Auktionshaus Kegelmann, Frankfurt, auction of timepieces XIV on November 12, 1977, lot no. 303. In private hands from that time on.
According to Jürgen Abeler’s records, watchmaker Pieter Hues of Augsburg created a pocket watch in 1680, which now resides in the Württemberg national museum in Stuttgart. Baillie’s "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" lists Pieter Hues (or Pierry Hue) as living in Augsburg in 1600. In 1632 he was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in London; in 1652 he is again recorded as a member of the company.
An important, Puritan style, oval, pre-balance spring pendant watch with one hand
Case: bronze, firegilt, polished. Dial: bronze, firegilt, richly engraved with flowers, foliage scrolls and a cherub's head, applied silver chapter ring with Roman numerals, engraved city view of London Bridge and surroundings in the centre, single iron hand. Movm.: oval full plate movement, gut/fusee, verge escapement, applied click work, plain two-arm iron balance without balance spring.
Provenance: Auktionshaus Kegelmann, Frankfurt, auction of timepieces XIV on November 12, 1977, lot no. 303. In private hands from that time on.
According to Jürgen Abeler’s records, watchmaker Pieter Hues of Augsburg created a pocket watch in 1680, which now resides in the Württemberg national museum in Stuttgart. Baillie’s "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" lists Pieter Hues (or Pierry Hue) as living in Augsburg in 1600. In 1632 he was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in London; in 1652 he is again recorded as a member of the company.
estimated
16.000—20.000 €
Price realized
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