Lot 304

Eckhert, London, 111 mm, 944 g, circa 1750
A Friedberg pair-cased coach clock with quarter hour/hour repeater, alarm and date
Case: outer case leather covered with decoration studs, sound openings, large lateral hinge. Inner case - silver, pierced edge, rear bell. Dial: silver, champlevé, central turnable alarm disc, date window at ''6''. Movm.: full plate movement. chain/fusee, 3 barrels, 3 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
This coach clock was produced in Friedberg. Heinrich Eckhert, however, added the designation "London" to his signature like an English maker would, to achieve a higher sales price.
In addition to Eckhert, there were another 24 makers in Friedberg at the time whose names (sometimes spelled backwards) can be found with a fake designation such as London, Paris or Augsburg.
According to Juergen Abeler Heinrich (Henricus) Eckert (Eckherd, Egger(t), Eger, Egerd) was a watchmaker in Friedberg. He was born in Ottmaring in 1717 and died in 1788. Other carriage clocks can be found in important private collections and museums, such as the museum of local history in Friedberg.
Provenance: Landrock Collection

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