VR-230 - Dachluhr Viennese week-running timepiece
The six-lite Dachluhr are particularly desirable both because of their age, as well as their aesthetic and pure style. This clock, which would be a late Dachluhr with its ornate top treatment is in beautiful condition. Note that the top piece is roughly 3/4 inch thick and clearly original to the case.
This clocks case has been cleaned and polished. The door glass, and at least the two longer side pieces of glass are old - I can not tell if the upper side pieces are later or not. Note the very small weight with matching 5 spoke pulley - the spokes of which are about as fine as any I have seen. This clocks color and finish are simply gorgeous. Note too the perfect dial - all it is missing is a makers name. And, as is the norm on earlier clocks, the hands are works of art.
With its brass-backed pendulum bob, lovely small weight with knurled edge to the top plate, ornate shell-motif piecrust bezel, original and very nice beat scale that slides into the gap between the base and the back board (correct for these early clocks) this clock is an opportunity to own one of the early timepieces that reflect all the charm and quality of the earlier Biedermeier pieces. Note too, there are many week-running clocks in this auction with heavier weights!. That is the reality of the Austrian clocks - smaller pivots, finer work on the gear teeth and pinions, and smaller weights - they just don’t need the heavy weights necessary to make the German clocks run. This is part of why these clocks find strong demand when offered for sale - their exquisite mechanisms that just don’t seem to ever wear out because of the very light weights.
Read MoreThis clocks case has been cleaned and polished. The door glass, and at least the two longer side pieces of glass are old - I can not tell if the upper side pieces are later or not. Note the very small weight with matching 5 spoke pulley - the spokes of which are about as fine as any I have seen. This clocks color and finish are simply gorgeous. Note too the perfect dial - all it is missing is a makers name. And, as is the norm on earlier clocks, the hands are works of art.
With its brass-backed pendulum bob, lovely small weight with knurled edge to the top plate, ornate shell-motif piecrust bezel, original and very nice beat scale that slides into the gap between the base and the back board (correct for these early clocks) this clock is an opportunity to own one of the early timepieces that reflect all the charm and quality of the earlier Biedermeier pieces. Note too, there are many week-running clocks in this auction with heavier weights!. That is the reality of the Austrian clocks - smaller pivots, finer work on the gear teeth and pinions, and smaller weights - they just don’t need the heavy weights necessary to make the German clocks run. This is part of why these clocks find strong demand when offered for sale - their exquisite mechanisms that just don’t seem to ever wear out because of the very light weights.
