PEPFENLEUSER. A LATE 17TH CENTURY GERMAN SILVER PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH

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PEPFENLEUSER. A LATE 17TH CENTURY GERMAN SILVER PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH
SIGNED HEINRICH PEPFENLEUSER, CIRCA 1700

The frosted gilt fusee movement with pierced decorative pillars, bridgecock with pierced foot to the edge of the top plate, pierced, chased and engraved spring barrel for the alarm, the alarm ringing on a bell, the silver champlevé dial with Roman numerals, the gilt alarm disc with engraved Arabic numerals and central alarm hand with the hour pointer fixed to the rim, outer gilt wheatear decoration to the edge of the dial plate, finely chased, engraved and pierced inner case, the plain outer case with ringed perforation, movement signed
59 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

This watch was made almost certainly by Philip Heinrich Pepfenhauser of Augsburg, born 26 May 1657, married in 1683, self-employed 29 September 1683. Examples of his work are in various museums in Germany, see Meister der Uhrmacherkunst by Jurgen Abeler, page 475. Misspelling by engravers is a not uncommon occurrence.

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