Lot 362

Gerrit Bramer, Amsterdam, 57 mm, 159 g, circa 1715
A pair-cased verge pocket watch with date indicator
Case: outer case - silver, chased baroque decoration. Inner case - silver, case maker's punch mark "IIB". Dial: silver, champlevé, chased centre with signature, date window at "6". Movm.: fine full plate movement, keywind, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance, silver balance bridge with pierced hunting scenes.
Gerrit Bramer was born in Zwolle in 1684; he was the son of Willem Bramer Sr. and his first wife Jannechien Berents. Gerrit married Florentina Sobel in 1712. Bramer had his own workshop and a showroom as well as a coffee house on the east side of the stock exchange on the Rokin canal in Amsterdam. He was an extremely prolific maker who produced table and longcase clocks as well as watches. His friends and acquaintances often called him "Gerrit van Swol" (Gerrit of Zwolle). Gerrit Bramer died in the early days of the year 1770.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Bramer,_Gerrit_(1)/de, as of 07/16/2018
Provenance: Landrock Collection