Drum WatchGerman

Drum WatchGerman, second quarter of the sixteenth century. Exceptional and important, gilt metal, tambour-shaped watch with concealed dial and iron movement. Three-body, drum-shaped, hinged covers, the front pierced with two rows of 12 openings each for the hours, the centre pierced and engraved with a six oak-leaf rosette, the edge with laurel leaves, back cover etched in relief with four stylised heart-shaped leaf scrolls, each with a fleur-de-lis inside surrounded by arabesques, the band also in arabesques, small ring pendant. Fixed to the band cover, the edge with twelve touch studs, the hour chapter ring with Roman numerals from I to XII,n inner ring with Arabic numerals from 12 to 24 with a Z in place of 2. The centre engraved with arabesques. Single, blued iron elaborate hand. 46.6 mm, circular, entirely of iron, full plate, three rectangular pillars, two with concave front edges, fusee and gut-line with five and a half turns, the cone loosely fitted on short, straight fusee wheel arbor, the verge escapement controlled by a foliot, S-shaped cock, pinned from underneath, five-wheel iron train (48, 48/6, 30/5, 30/5, 15/5), rachet and click mainspring set-up, escape wheel mounted between two arms stemming from a block slipping over one of the pillars, mainspring cover fastened by four riveted pins, hour wheel driven from the fusee arbor. Movement fastened into the case from underneath by two pivoted, spring-loaded latches.Diam. 54 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pa Read more…