106th Auction

2022/5/21

Lot 333

Gebr. Eppner

A fine and rare Berlin minute repeating hunting case pocket watch

Sold

estimated
4.2006.000 €
Price realized
4.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, engine-turned.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.4730 19553
Diam.51 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Germany
Wt.118 g


The watch manufactory A. Eppner & Co. was founded by Eduard Eppner (1812-1887) in Silberberg near Breslau. Eduard Eppner had learned his trade with his brother Wilhelm at his company Eppner & Co. in La Chaux-de-Fonds and was keen to open his own company in Halle in 1835. The new workshop proved to be very successful and in 1869 Eppner moved it to Silberberg, where he began taking on apprentices. He specialized in the production of fine quality pocket watches, clocks and attendance clocks. His two brothers Albert and Emil took over the company after Eduard’s death in 1887.