95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 227
Sigismund Rentzsch, London, 112 mm, circa 1830
An exquisite "Pendule de Bureau" with "Petite Sonnerie" and alarm
Case: brass. Dial: silvered. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, heavy gold screw chronometer balance, 2 x chain/fusse, 3 hammers / 1 bell.
Sigismund Rentsch in St. James Square was the royal clockmaker and one of the most prominent in the London Clockmakers Company, who in 1813 patented the much-admired invention of a selfwinding chronometer in the sense of a keyless watch.
An exquisite "Pendule de Bureau" with "Petite Sonnerie" and alarm
Case: brass. Dial: silvered. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, heavy gold screw chronometer balance, 2 x chain/fusse, 3 hammers / 1 bell.
Sigismund Rentsch in St. James Square was the royal clockmaker and one of the most prominent in the London Clockmakers Company, who in 1813 patented the much-admired invention of a selfwinding chronometer in the sense of a keyless watch.
Sold
estimated
1.500—4.000 €
Price realized
2.000 €