Lot 292

Master's Mark "IGK" (Johan Georg Kreitmair in Munich), 460 mm, circa 1630
A Southern German Renaissance tabernacle clock of high quality, with quarter hour/hour strike, alarm, moon age and moon phase
Case: bronze, firegilt, engraved "IGK", lateral windows, originial feet missing, presumably later turnable stepped base. Dial: silvered chapter rings with couloured alarm disc, couloured silvered control dials. Movm.: rectangular-shaped brass movement, later engraved signature shield, 3 hammers / 3 bells, 3 barrels, chain/fusee, verge escapement, reconstructed rim foliot.
Johann Georg Kreit(t)mair was a descendant of the clockmaking family Kreittmayr (also Kreutmeyer, Khreitmaier, Kraitmayr, Kreutmer, etc.) of Friedberg near Augsburg. Johann Georg worked as a watchmaker in Munich. He was born in Friedberg and recorded as a citizen of Munich from 1634 on; he also did his apprenticeship with master Messmer in Munich and produced his master’s piece there. Kreitmair died in Munich in 1660.
Source: Juergen Abeler, "Meister der Uhrmacherkunst", 2. Edition, Wuppertal 2010, p. 319.
Provenance: Renowned private collection in Vienna