111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 226
Wilhelm Friedrich Busch
A Hamburg pair-cased verge pocket watch of outstanding quality, with alarm, hour strike and date
Sold
estimated
2.800—6.000 €
Price realized
9.400 €
specific features
Case
Outer and inner case - silver, open-worked and elaborately decorated edges, rear bell.
Dial
Silver champlevé, central rotating alarm disc, date window at "12".
Movement
Full plate movement, chain/fusee, 3 barrels, 1 hammer, locking plate, five-arm iron balance.
Diam.58 mm
Circa1730
Ctry.Germany
Wt.183 g
According to Jürgen Abeler’s records, Wilhelm Friedrich Busch was christened in 1687 and became a citizen of Hamburg in 1721. His brother Abraham Albert Busch, who was 11 years older, only received the Hamburg citizenship in 1708. We know of only few pocket watches made by the two brothers.