92nd Auction
2015/11/14
Lot 500
A collection of 2 Stockholm verge pocket watches
Jac(ob) Kock, Stockholm, Movement No. 237, 58 mm, 135 g, circa 1770
A rare Swedish verge pocket watch
Case: gold, polished, decorated rim, large lateral hinge. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, signed, "Fleur de Lys" hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, large three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.
Jacob Kock (or Koch)
Jacob Koch was born in 1737 and worked as a clockmaker in Stockholm. His father Johan Koch was a mechanical engineer and a native of Cölln on the river Spree (now Neukölln, Berlin); he came to Sweden in 1664 and became clockmaker to the court of King Gustav III. Jacob was his father’s successor at court. He died in 1805; many of his clocks are in museums today.
Source: http://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Kock,_Jacob, as of 09.10.2015
Jac(ob) Kock, Stockholm, Movement No. 237, 58 mm, 135 g, circa 1770
A rare Swedish verge pocket watch
Case: gold, polished, decorated rim, large lateral hinge. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, signed, "Fleur de Lys" hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, signed, gilt, chain/fusee, square baluster pillars, large three-arm brass balance, fine florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.
Jacob Kock (or Koch)
Jacob Koch was born in 1737 and worked as a clockmaker in Stockholm. His father Johan Koch was a mechanical engineer and a native of Cölln on the river Spree (now Neukölln, Berlin); he came to Sweden in 1664 and became clockmaker to the court of King Gustav III. Jacob was his father’s successor at court. He died in 1805; many of his clocks are in museums today.
Source: http://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Kock,_Jacob, as of 09.10.2015
Sold
estimated
3.600—4.500 €
Price realized
3.800 €