Collectibles / Antiques

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A rare mantel clock 
Pewter, brass-plated, 35 cm high, Bezel 95 mm diameter by Carl Werner, Villingen, ca. 1900

Spring driven with pendulum, running  8 days per winding.

 

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“Original advertisement”

“C. Werner, clock factory in Villingen, ( Black Forest ) fabricates solid spring-driven regulators as a speciality in three different qualities. All the components are of the most punctual performance, completely polished and painstakingly examined by experienced clock-makers.

Pay attention to the factory mark and take care not to confuse my work with others of a lesser quality. The price is the same as that of our competition.

I would like to notify my dear customers hereby that I have dropped my previous brand-mark and use in its place the two factory-marks,  horseshoe monogrammed and horseshoe with star.”

The above ” original advertisement” and some other data I gleaned (with thanks of course) from the website of Juwelier Klisch, Weißenburg  Bavaria.

https://www.uhrmachermeisterbetrieb.de

My book “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst” by Jürgen Abeler helped in my “detective work”, especially for “details with the above-mentioned trade (factory) marks.

 

I also know now, where my ” kitchen clock ”  originated. The trade-mark on the right is most likely the dropped one, mentioned by Carl Werner.

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