Lot 231

J. Klaftenberger, 157 Regents Street, London, Movement No. 228, Case No. 228, Height 125 mm, circa 1850
A very fine and rare carriage clock with half hour/hour strike, hour repeater and alarm in its original leather-covered travelling box
Case: gilt brass, entirely engraved with foliage scrolls, moulded base and cornice, facet glazed front and upper part. Dial: enamel. Movm.: brass full plate movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 1 bell, 3 barrels, fine platform with side lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Charles Ignaz Klaftenberger was an English clockmaker working at 157, Regents Street in London. Klaftenberger was born in 1802 and in 1835 founded the company Aubert & Klaftenberger together with D.F. Aubert in London. The company delivered complicated watches and clocks of high quality; they sold watches such as pocket watches by Aubert, Milleret and Louis Audemars as well as travel clocks by Manufacture Drocourt under their own name. The range also included clocks such as Vienna lantern clocks, table clocks and French pendulum clocks.
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were customers of Aubert & Klaftenberger and they were soon awarded the title of Watchmakers to the Queen & H. R.H. the Prince Albert; in 1851 the company won an award at the World Exhibition in London. In addition to their London premises Aubert & Klaftenberger had branches in Geneva, Vienna and Paris.
Charles Ignaz Klaftenberger was an extremely gifted maker and held the title of Vice President of the British Horological Institute, BHI. He died on September 19, 1874 in London; his son August Alexander Klaftenberger succeeded him in the business.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Klaftenberger,_Charles_Ignaz, as of 03/20/2017.

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