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Coach Watch
ca. 1665 or 1750-1790
Albrecht Erb (active 1660s)
Austria: Vienna
Brass, glass, enamel
overall: 6"h x 4-3/4"w x 2"d
Gift of Mrs. Willis R. Michael
85.108.29

Coach Watch; watch-form case of fire-gilt brass (pinchbeck) with foliage and fret ornament; convex glass crystal over enamel dial with central alarum disc; three train movement with chain fusee and verve escapement; back plate engraved "A. Erb/ In Wein".


Collector Willis Michael (1894-1969) purchased clocks that were made all over the world at auctions and through antique dealers near and far. Michael bought this coach watch—a clock designed to hang upright on the wall of a sedan chair or carriage—at a 1948 antiques auction in New York City.



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