DESCRIPTION:
W. Petersen Uhrenfabrik, Schwenningen, Germany, 400-day clock, year running, time and calendar showing day of the week, day of the month, and month, spring driven two-train movement with torsion pendulum on a brass base, arabic numeral painted metal dial, black steel hands.
CONDITION:
lacquer on the base has turned brown. One long crack in the side of the base. The brass components under the glass are still bright, with some light tarnish. Dial is very good with one scratch between 10:00 and 11:00. Hands and dome are both good. Lower block of the suspension has broken off from the spring, but is included. The signed movement back plate corresponds to Terwilliger's plate number 1674. The movement is held together with knurled nuts as is typical of Petersen movements. In his book on 400-day clocks, Charles Terwilliger states that this is "unquestionably the most complicated 400-Day Clock ever made. Only a very limited number of clocks reached the market and it was very soon discontinued."This is a very desirable clock for collectors.
ESTIMATE:
$500
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$700
PRICE SOLD:
$2600
CIRCA: 1954
DIMENSIONS: 11.5in x 9.5in x 9.5in
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