99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 292
P. Hahn / Echterdingen, Gebrüder Hahn Hofmechanici in Stuttgardt, Movement No. 249, 55 mm, 97 g, circa 1795
An important German pocket watch with 24h dial and date
Case: gilt. Dial: enamel dial with red Arabic hours on the left and black Arabic hours on the right; in the centre two subsidiary chapter rings: auxiliary seconds and date. Movm.: full plate movement, firegilt, open barrel, open work balance bridge with regulator scale decorated with floral engravings and birds, large five-arm brass balance, horizontal cylinder escapement with steel cylinder and silver cylinder wheel.
Gebrüder Hahn Hofmechanici in Stuttgardt:
The brothers Hahn, Christian Gottfried (* 1769) and Christoph Matthäus (1767-1833), worked in the workshop of their father Philipp Matthäus Hahn of Onstmettingen, Kornwestheim, and Echterdingen. Christian Gottfried and Christoph Matthäus went on to become "Hofmechanikus" (court mechanicians) in Stuttgart. Christian Gottfried was later recorded in Berlin and in America.
An important German pocket watch with 24h dial and date
Case: gilt. Dial: enamel dial with red Arabic hours on the left and black Arabic hours on the right; in the centre two subsidiary chapter rings: auxiliary seconds and date. Movm.: full plate movement, firegilt, open barrel, open work balance bridge with regulator scale decorated with floral engravings and birds, large five-arm brass balance, horizontal cylinder escapement with steel cylinder and silver cylinder wheel.
Gebrüder Hahn Hofmechanici in Stuttgardt:
The brothers Hahn, Christian Gottfried (* 1769) and Christoph Matthäus (1767-1833), worked in the workshop of their father Philipp Matthäus Hahn of Onstmettingen, Kornwestheim, and Echterdingen. Christian Gottfried and Christoph Matthäus went on to become "Hofmechanikus" (court mechanicians) in Stuttgart. Christian Gottfried was later recorded in Berlin and in America.
Sold
estimated
11.000—17.000 €
Price realized
12.500 €