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A large German walnut and parcel ebonised<br />

eight-day regulator wall timepiece Lenzkirch,<br />

circa 1869<br />

The four pillar single train weight-driven movement<br />

with jewelled and capped arbors to the top three<br />

wheels of the train and pallet arbor, five-spoke wheel<br />

crossings, high pinion count, Harrison’s maintaining<br />

power, jewelled pallets, adjustable beat screw and<br />

substantial bi-metallic compensating pendulum with<br />

a fine regulating nut to the large brass bob, The<br />

backplate is stamped with LENZKIRCH above ‘one<br />

million’ trademark and numbered 431913, giving a<br />

production date of 1869, the 9 inch circular twopiece<br />

white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued<br />

steel moon hands and a sweep seconds hand, in a<br />

shaped arch-glazed front case with keystone<br />

centred break-arch pediment above scroll applied<br />

canted angles and inverted stepped ogee moulded<br />

base, 181cm high.<br />

The Lenzkirch clock factory was founded in 1849 by<br />

clockmaker Eduard Hauser and organ maker Ignaz<br />

Schpperle who decided to make clock movements<br />

and parts of the highest quality using line production<br />

in order supply individual clockmakers for finishing<br />

and casing. Within a few years the factory was<br />

producing complete clocks, however towards the<br />

end of the century the factory went into decline due<br />

to failure in keeping up with new production<br />

techniques. This resulted in the firm being sold to<br />

the Junghans brothers who continued it as an offshoot<br />

until its final closure in 1932. The current lot<br />

demonstrates the fact that the firm were able to<br />

produce clocks of the finest quality.<br />

£600-800<br />

01635 553553<br />

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