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J. Hadek
Clockmaker: Johann HadekDate: ca 1830Height: 42 cmSignature: Johann Hadek in Wien (dial)Duration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing und carved elements, translucent opalin glass dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapement, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1830Height: 90 cmSignature: UnsignedDuration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, silvered dial ring with engraved silvered centre, engine turned ormolu bezel and centre ring, blued steel hands, dead beat escapement, spring suspension, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: Michael BachnerDate: ca 1835Height: ca 140 cmSignature: Michael Bachner in Wien (dial)Duration: ca 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, centre sweep second, dead beat escapement, wood pendulum
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Clockmaker: Ignaz MarenzellerDate: ca 1835Height: 150 cmSignature: Marenzeller in Wien Description: duration 6 months, mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial with ormolu gilded bezel with fine engine turning, seconds hand, blued steel hands, glass enclosed movement with extremely narrow plate separation, small diameter main barrel which protrudes out of the back of the…
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Clockmaker: Ferdinand HofmannDate: ca 1820Height: 94 cmSignature: FERDINAND HOFMANN IN TYRNAU (dial)Duration: 8 days Solid walnut case, enamel dial, wide engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, Graham escapement, silk suspended brass pendulum
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Clockmaker: Jacob HitzingerDate: ca 1830Height: 104 cmSignature: JACOB HITZINGER / IN WIEN (dial)Duration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, gilded hands, deadbeat escapement, excentric weight, maintaining power, spring suspension, steel pendulum Comparison: Frederick Kaltenböck: Die Wiener Uhr. München 1988, S. 183, Abb. 396
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1830Height: ca 150 cmSignature: unsignedDuration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, silvered dial ring and centre, engine turned ormolu bezel and centre ring, blued steel hands, small seconds, dead beat escapement, excentric weight, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: F. SittoDate: ca 1850Height: 145 cmSignature: F. SITTO IN WIEN (dial), SITTO IN WIEN (backplate)Duration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, small seconds, brass and glass enclosed movement, dead beat escapement, grande sonnerie on bells driven by two spring barrels on the backplate,…
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Clockmaker: Peter PeukerDate: ca 1830Height: ca 100 cmSignature: PETER PEUKER / IN WIENDuration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, silvered dial ring with silvered centre, engine turned ormolu bezel and centre ring, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapement, spring suspension, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: Anton LisztDate: ca 1835Height: ca 90 cmSignature: ANTON LISZT / IN WIEN (dial)Duration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, small seconds, deadbeat escapement, wooden rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: Anton HolmbergDate: ca 1835Height: 89 cmSignature: Holmberg in Wien. (dial)Duration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with boxwood stringing, opalin glass dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapement, spring suspension, wooden rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1830Height: 90 cmSignature: UnsignedDuration: 8 days Burr wood veneered case with maple stringing, silvered dial ring with engraved silvered centre, engine turned ormolu bezel and centre ring, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapement, spring suspension, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1830Height: ca 150 cmSignature: unsignedDuration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, opening top door and lift out lower door, enamel dial ring engine turned ormolu centre, engine turned ormulu bezel, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapment, Viennese grand sonnerie on wire gongs, spring suspension, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: Hieronymus AmonDate: ca 1830Height: 110 cmSignature: H: AMON IN PRESSBURG (dial)Duration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned and ormolu gilded bezel, blued hands, Graham escapement, Viennese grand sonnerie on two wire gongs, strike off lever, steel pendulum 2017 acquired by the City History Museum Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1790Height: 214 cmSignature: unsignedDuration: 1 month Solid maplewood case with bronze bust on top, domed enamel dial, fretted blued steel hands, seconds dial, indication for month and weekdays, deadbeat escapement, grande sonnerie on bells, strike silent lever, weights run behind pendulum, spring suspension, seconds beating pendulum
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1830Height: 213 cmSignature: unsignedDuration: 2 months Ebonised case with gilded metal mounts, spandrels and stringing, silvered brass dial, wide gilded engine turned bezel, blued steel hands, seconds dial, deadbeat escapement, spring suspension, steel rod pendulum
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