98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 203
Anton Hawelk (Hawelka) in Wien / Stefan Sághy, Wien I, Height 2080 mm, circa 1900
A rare seconds precision regulator with regulator dial and Riefler mercury compensation pendulum Type H No. 55, DRP 60059
Case: mahogany, separate base. Dial: silvered. Movm.: trapezoid-shaped brass movement, completely capsuled, Graham escapement with adjustable steel pallets with inlaid sapphires, pendulum spring suspension, adjustable and lateral pendulum drive device.
Anton Hawelk (a.k.a. Harvelk or Hawelka) was an extremely gifted watch- and clockmaker who was active in Vienna in the late 19th and early 20th century and worked, for example, for the local University Observatory. A number of high quality deck watches and wall clocks made by Hawelk have survived. The early use of the Riefler pendulums in the late 19th century proves that his precision pendulum clocks were of particularly superior quality, as indicated by this low number (55) type H pendulum with lateral impulse. The fully enclosed movement with the silvered regulator dial is fitted into a highly elegant case in the typical style of a Viennese precision pendulum clock. Together with the separate base the clock is around 2 m high.
It is possible that Hawelk’s successor was Stefan Sághy; there is correspondence in later years between Sághy and the Riefler company with regard to their pendulums.
A rare seconds precision regulator with regulator dial and Riefler mercury compensation pendulum Type H No. 55, DRP 60059
Case: mahogany, separate base. Dial: silvered. Movm.: trapezoid-shaped brass movement, completely capsuled, Graham escapement with adjustable steel pallets with inlaid sapphires, pendulum spring suspension, adjustable and lateral pendulum drive device.
Anton Hawelk (a.k.a. Harvelk or Hawelka) was an extremely gifted watch- and clockmaker who was active in Vienna in the late 19th and early 20th century and worked, for example, for the local University Observatory. A number of high quality deck watches and wall clocks made by Hawelk have survived. The early use of the Riefler pendulums in the late 19th century proves that his precision pendulum clocks were of particularly superior quality, as indicated by this low number (55) type H pendulum with lateral impulse. The fully enclosed movement with the silvered regulator dial is fitted into a highly elegant case in the typical style of a Viennese precision pendulum clock. Together with the separate base the clock is around 2 m high.
It is possible that Hawelk’s successor was Stefan Sághy; there is correspondence in later years between Sághy and the Riefler company with regard to their pendulums.
Sold
estimated
16.000—24.000 €
Price realized
17.400 €