Lot 249

Friedrich Hübner, Bremen, 40 x 60 mm, 91 g, circa 1640
A single hand Renaissance rock crystal crucifix pendant watch
Case: in the form of a crucifix, folding bevelled rock crystal parts mounted in a firegilt, carved brass frame, the sides silvered, florally engraved. Dial: silver. Movm.: cruciform brass full plate movement, signed, verge escapement, applied floral decorations, chain/fusee, two-arm steel balance without spring, florally engraved pierced balance cock.
Friedrich Hübner’s crucifix watch features a plain, silver cross on the front that incorporates the dial, which sets this piece apart from most other, lavishly embellished crucifix watches. Likewise, the signed movement is only decorated with very few applied ornaments; the sides, however, have been intricately engraved.
Friedrich Hübner was active in the first half of the 17th century and is considered one of the earliest makers in Bremen. He died on October 8, 1648 – two weeks before the Peace of Westphalia signaled the end of the Thirty Year’s War. Some other known pieces made in his workshop are for example a rock crystal horizontal clock and an oval, silver pendant watch.

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