Schmitt Horan & Co., Live On-Site Auction
November 19 & 20 at Noon
80 Raymond Rd, Candia NH
www.schmitt-horan.com
www.bids.schmitthoran.com
sales@schmitt-horan.com
603-432-2237
Preview at 8 am

CANDIA, N.H. — Schmitt Horan & Co. will conduct its fall clock, watch, antiques and collectibles auction on the weekend of November 19-20, in its new headquarters at 80 Raymond Road. The 550-lot sale will be divided into two sessions. Session one will be a Discovery event and will consist of more than 370 lots, with bidding open to in-person attendees only. Session two will feature American and European horology, with internet, phone and absentee bidding options. Online bidding is currently open, and all lots will close in numerical order on auction day.

The Discovery sale begins at noon on November 19 and is an event geared to collectors and dealers in attendance and features a wide array of American and European clocks and clock parts, many sold in groups of two or more. Many of the clocks and antiques offered are ready to enjoy as they are, while others require varying degrees of restoration. The parts lots will be of interest to collectors and dealers, who may need a weight, pendulum or other part to complete a restoration or replenish inventory. Please note that all purchases made during the first portion of the sale will require same day payment and removal.

Session two starts at 11 am on November 20. This portion of the sale contains items of significant horological and historic importance and is open to all bidders through online platforms. Phone and absentee bidding are also options for those who cannot attend the sale.

While the majority of the sale consists of the horological material that the firm is well known for, a few early lots part with tradition. These include two mid-Twentieth Century coin-operated arcade games, a partial Stieff Rose pattern dinner service and a D. Walker & Co. Crane’s patent self-rocking cradle, the motor employing Aaron Crane’s walking pawl escapement. For collectors of horological tools, the sale includes a mid-Nineteenth Century European rose engine once in the collection of Dr Theodore Crom, and a watch case maker’s lathe from the Keystone Watch Case. Co.

Wrist- and pocket watch offerings include a mid-Nineteenth Century Swiss pocket watch for the American market featuring an enamel portrait of John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States, a leading political theorist and controversial proponent of slavery. The engraved gold timepiece was made for Charleston, S.C., silversmiths and jewelers Hayden, Brother & Co., the image of Calhoun copied from an engraving by Thomas Doney from a daguerreotype. Other European pocket watches include an early Eighteenth Century gold pair cased timepiece by Thomas Tompion and Edward Banger; a gold lever fusee pocket watch with wind indicator signed Charles Frodsham; an Eighteenth Century silver pair cased cylinder pocket watch by George Graham; and an Eighteenth Century pair cased pocket watch with date by Gabriel Leekey. Three English boxed deck watches will also be sold, including one by Victor Kullberg. Two early Nineteenth Century silver pair cased watches of American manufacture are included in the sale, one by D. Goddard & Son of Shrewsbury Mass., the other by John Cairns of Providence, R.I. Wristwatch offerings include a Rolex ref. 5513 Submariner with gilt underline dial, a Rolex ref. 1500, a Breitling Old Navitimer ref. D130212 wrist chronograph, a Gallet large size Multichron Yachting wrist chronograph, a Longines ref. 989.5215 Lindbergh Hour Angle with counter top display and others

An assortment of desk and travel clocks will be sold, including a giant carriage by James McCabe, contained in its original brass bound mahogany box; two ornate, rococo-style carriage clocks, one by Drocourt, the other signed Oudin; a grand sonnerie carriage clock with duplex escapement and engraved case by Bourdin; an enamel paneled, grand sonnerie carriage with engraved gorge case by Drocourt; a Swiss desk compendium for Tiffany & Co.; a pale blue guilloche enamel strut clock with calendar and phases of the moon and others.

A number of precision regulators are among the most interesting offerings in sale, including a Riefler type D observatory regulator, originally installed at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope; a Riefler type B astronomical regulator with nickel and frosted glass case, together with its original control panel; a rare Peyer & Favarger observatory regulator with glass tank and astronomical slave; a Fedchenko observatory regulator; and a Zenith astronomical regulator with bowfront case.

A selection of French mystery and industrial clocks will also be sold, including swinging, conical pendulu and torsion pendulum models by Guilmet, a swinging figural clock with glass dial by Houdin, an Eighteenth Century lyre-form mantel clock with paste set ring pendulum by Cronier and a lighthouse form compendium with rotating lantern room and original dome.

The sale concludes with American clocks, with many banjos and calendars, including an Ithaca No. 15 Melrose shelf calendar, a Sonora Chime Co. 10 bell bracket clock and an E. Howard & Co. No. 53 marble dial gallery clock.

For additional information, www.schmitt-horan.com or 603-432 2237.

A mid 20th century United Mfg. Co. coin operated Sparky bowling arcade game
Rare O.B. McClintock Co. Four Sided Bank Clock
S. Riefler Type B Astronomical Regulator