Lot 469

Wagner, London (Johann Georg Wagner, Friedberg), 47 mm, 96 g, circa 1780
A Friedberg half quarter repeating pair-cased verge pocket watch with "repoussé" decoration
Case: outer case - 14k rose and yellow gold. Inner case - 14k rose gold, open work decoration around the edge, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, protective cap, three-arm brass balance.
This watch was produced in Friedberg; Johann Georg Wagner, however, added the designation "London" to his signature like an English maker would, to achieve a higher sales price.
In addition to Wagner, there were another 24 makers in Friedberg at the time whose names can be found with a fake designation such as Paris, London or Augsburg.
Johann Georg Wagner was born in Mulhouse in 1714; he married in Friedberg in 1746 and died there in 1791.
Source: Adelheid Riolini-Unger "Friedberger Uhren" (Friedberg clocks), local museum in Friedberg, Augsburg 1993, page 181

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