104th Auction
2021/5/22
Lot 31
Harm Cranenberg
An outstanding Amsterdam 8-day precision table clock with half hour/hour strike, visible Brocot escapement with ruby pallets, calendar and thermometers
estimated
2.200—5.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
Ebonized, flower and volute inlays, silver thermometer scales with mercury columns for Reamur and Fahrenheit.
Dial
Regulator dial, silver, gilt bezel, two eccentric chapter rings for the indications of the date and the weekdays on the left and for the hours on the right, in between the visible and complex escapement section.
Movement
Brass full plate precision movement, 2 barrels, 1 hammer, 1 bell, brass/steel gridiron compensation pendulum with pendulum spring suspension, facetted brass bob, adjusting nut.
Diam.510 mm
Circa1840
Ctry.Dutch
In Tony Mercer's "Chronometer Makers of the World" Amsterdam clockmaker Herm Cranenberg is listed as a supplier to the royal Netherlands navy.