DESCRIPTION:
Gebrüder Junghans AG, Schramberg, Germany, 400 day clock, year running, time only, spring driven brass movement with torsion pendulum and deadbeat escapement with Vulliamy pallets, brass base and pillars supporting the movement and convex silvered dial with embossed brass mask, ornate Louis XV style hands, all under a glass dome.
CONDITION:
lacquer on the base is starting to turn dull and a bit brown. Brass elements protected by the dome have only a bit of tarnish. Silvered dial is good. Hands are correct and very good. Unusual two-ball " governor" style pendulum is original. Suspension is intact. Rare round movement (plate 1171 in Terwilliger's book) is stamped 26603. This model is shown in Terwilliger's book on 400-day clocks in the section on " some Outstanding Pre-World War I 400-Day Clocks", number 50.
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$500
CIRCA: 1910
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