Bidspirit auction | Renaissance Portable Drum Watch

Renaissance Portable Drum Watch - Fire-gilded, cylindrical brass watch case engraved with a hunting motif around the entire circumference. Unmarked. Dial with Roman numerals up to 12 o’clock and, in a narrower ring, Arabic numerals from 13 to 24 o’clock. In the center of the dial is an engraved sun motif. A blued steel hand. Gilded movement with one mainspring barrel. Drive via chain and a fusee, two-arm balance (foliot)., verge escapement. Central Europe, first half of the 16th century, diameter 5.3 cm, height 2.8 cm. No guarantee of functionality or running time. Condition 2+