102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 251
Johann Leonhard Bommel, Nuremberg, 49 mm, 149 g, circa 1690
A rare, one-handed ornamental verge pocket watch with alarm manufactured in the best tradition of Nuremberg watchmakers
Case: silver, florally engraved and pierced. Dial: silver, central gilt alarm disc. Movm.: full plate movement, gilt, chain/fusee, 1 hammer, rear bell, three-arm steel balance.
Johann Leonhard Bommel was a descendant of the watch- and clockmaking family Bommel who worked in Nuremberg between 1640 and 1750. He is recorded as a maker until around 1725 and was famous for the technical quality of his movements; in addition to pocket watches and carriage clocks he produced large table clocks in late baroque-style cases. The German watch and clock museum in Furtwangen owns a carriage clock made by Bommel that features an alarm attachment and comes with a box.
A rare, one-handed ornamental verge pocket watch with alarm manufactured in the best tradition of Nuremberg watchmakers
Case: silver, florally engraved and pierced. Dial: silver, central gilt alarm disc. Movm.: full plate movement, gilt, chain/fusee, 1 hammer, rear bell, three-arm steel balance.
Johann Leonhard Bommel was a descendant of the watch- and clockmaking family Bommel who worked in Nuremberg between 1640 and 1750. He is recorded as a maker until around 1725 and was famous for the technical quality of his movements; in addition to pocket watches and carriage clocks he produced large table clocks in late baroque-style cases. The German watch and clock museum in Furtwangen owns a carriage clock made by Bommel that features an alarm attachment and comes with a box.
estimated
7.500—12.000 €
Price realized
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