Donnington Priory Salerooms

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A large German walnut and parcel ebonised
eight-day regulator wall timepiece Lenzkirch,
circa 1869
The four pillar single train weight-driven movement
with jewelled and capped arbors to the top three
wheels of the train and pallet arbor, five-spoke wheel
crossings, high pinion count, Harrison’s maintaining
power, jewelled pallets, adjustable beat screw and
substantial bi-metallic compensating pendulum with
a fine regulating nut to the large brass bob, The
backplate is stamped with LENZKIRCH above ‘one
million’ trademark and numbered 431913, giving a
production date of 1869, the 9 inch circular twopiece
white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued
steel moon hands and a sweep seconds hand, in a
shaped arch-glazed front case with keystone
centred break-arch pediment above scroll applied
canted angles and inverted stepped ogee moulded
base, 181cm high.
The Lenzkirch clock factory was founded in 1849 by
clockmaker Eduard Hauser and organ maker Ignaz
Schpperle who decided to make clock movements
and parts of the highest quality using line production
in order supply individual clockmakers for finishing
and casing. Within a few years the factory was
producing complete clocks, however towards the
end of the century the factory went into decline due
to failure in keeping up with new production
techniques. This resulted in the firm being sold to
the Junghans brothers who continued it as an offshoot
until its final closure in 1932. The current lot
demonstrates the fact that the firm were able to
produce clocks of the finest quality.
£600-800
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