102nd Auction

2020/6/29

Lot 418

Hahn à Echterdingen, Gebrüder Hahn Hofmechanici in Stuttgardt, Case No. 25525, 60 mm, 146 g, circa 1800
An important astronomic pocket watch of museum quality, with full calendar and day/night indicator
Case: silver, case maker's punch mark "HR". Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, gilt, signed, balance stop device, five-arm brass balance, horizontal cylinder escapement, very finely engraved pierced balance cock.
It is very rare to find a timepiece with an almost immaculate dial such as this.
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
12.00020.000 €
Price realized
28.400 €