111st Auction

2024/11/16

Lot 243

Johann Peter Mayr

A rare Augsburg hour repeating verge pocket watch with half hour/hour self strike

Sold

estimated
1.2003.000 €
Price realized
2.200 €
specific features
Case
Silver, open-worked rim, rear bell.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Full plate movement, chain/fusee, florally engraved barrel, 2 hammers, three-arm steel balance.
Diam.62 mm
Circa1750
Ctry.Germany
Wt.200 g


Jürgen Abeler lists the watchmaker Johann Peter Mayr in Augsburg. Mayr was born in Anwalting. He became a master maker circa 1740 and established his own watchmaking business in 1742. His timepieces were and still are part of several collections and museums, such as the Fraenkel Collection and the British Museum in London.