Carriage clock
The carriage clock , also known as Karossenuhr , Satteluhr or Alkovenuhr referred to is a spring-driven travel clock in the form of an oversized pocket . In the 18th century it was also called a field watch .
description
Watches that were taken on journeys in the stagecoach era had to be robust and fulfill various functions that were important for travelers. In addition, they should clearly document the superior position of their owner. For these reasons, carriage clocks were made large and expensive. In principle, however, they are only enlarged pocket watches with a diameter of 9 to 12 cm.
casing
The silver, often gold-plated watch case was given an artfully embossed silver case with mostly allegorical or mythological representations. According to their use, such watches required special protection against knocks and bumps. That is why they were often still in a lined protective housing made of copper or brass , which was covered with fine leather or stingray skin. So that the sound of the striking mechanism penetrated to the outside, the outer casing and protective casing had to be perforated.
A large ring, often present, was used to hang it on a stand.
plant
Older carriage clocks are clocks with a spindle escapement and a spring and worm drive . The bronze bell is placed between the movement and the case and is usually struck with two hammers. Carriage clocks usually have a date display, a striking mechanism that can be switched off, an alarm mechanism and a repeating mechanism . The latter was used to inform the traveler of the time, even in the dark, by struck the last quarter or eighth hour on a string . There were even clocks with a five-minute repeater. More elaborate copies also showed the phases of the moon , which could be read on a window in the dial. The early dials are made of silver and are etched and engraved , with the numbers filled in black using the niello technique . The later dials are enameled .
The carriage clocks were a specialty of the Friedberg clockmakers .
literature
- Lukas Stolberg: The carriage clock. Callwey, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7667-1081-8 .
- HC Ackermann, C. Nathan , L. Nathan-Rupp: The carriage clocks. Collection Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp. Historical Museum, Basel 1983.
Web links
- Search for a carriage clock in the German Digital Library
- Search for carriage clock in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Carriage watch watch-wiki
- Catalog "Friedberger Uhren" , Friedberg Heimatmuseum
- Carriage clock with outer case , Dresden State Art Collections
- Astronomical carriage clock with outer case , Basel Historical Museum
- Carriage clocks , historical pocket watches from 1590 to 1830
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fritz von Osterhausen: Callweys lexicon ; Munich 1999; ISBN 3-7667-1353-1 ; P. 178.
- ↑ Lukas Stolberg: Lexicon of the pocket watch ; Carinthia Verlag; Klagenfurt 1995; ISBN 3-85378-423-2 ; P. 120.
- ^ Manfred Ballweg: Bruckmann's watch lexicon ; 2., rework. u. exp. Ed .; Munich 1980; ISBN 3-7654-1825-0
- ↑ a b Adelheid Riolini-Unger: Friedberger watches ; Hofmann-Verlag; Augsburg 1993; ISBN 3-922865-49-6 ; P. 26.