Lot 91

Wilhalmus Köberle in Eiichstaett, 91 mm, 917 g, circa 1690
An important, one-handed German coach watch with hour strike and date
Case: bronze, firegilt, pierced case band, decorated with engraved flower and foliage scrolls, as well as baskets filled with fruits; the back with engraved scene of a farmstead, rear bell. Dial: silver, champlevé, finely decorated centre with signature plaque and fruit arrangement, date window at ''6'', single blued steel hand. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 barrels, 1 hammer, verge escapement, silver regulator disc, iron balance.
Wilhelm Koeberle was born around 1648 in Wasserburg on the shores of Lake Constance and married 1688 in Eichstaedt. He is known to have been a very prolific maker of mainly table clocks and carriage clocks. Koeberle died in 1720. Today many of his pieces are in the possession of different collections and museums, e.g. the Mathematisch Physikalischer Salon in Dresden or the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Source: Juergen Abeler, "Meister der Uhrmacherkunst", 2. Edition, Wuppertal 2010, p. 304.