Lot 453

Iohann Rehle, Friedberg, Movement No. 185, 119 mm, circa 1720
An important quarter repeating coach clock and cylinder escapement
Case: silver, pierced. Dial: silvered, signed. Movm.: full plate movement, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, rear bell, three-arm brass balance, pierced engraved balance cock with grotesque face, glazed.
Johann Rehle (1684-1726) was a renowned clockmaker in Friedberg – unfortunately only a few of his clocks have survived. In 1714 Rehle married Maria Anna Westnerin and the couple had nine children. All of Rehle’s clocks are of supreme quality – one of them is illustrated on page 82 of Lukas Stolberg’s "Die Kutschenuhr".