Watch, Köberle, Wilhelm, Eichstätt, ca. 1700

Watch, Köberle, Wilhelm, Eichstätt, ca. 1700 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca. 1700. The museum's brief description reads: Chiming, alarm and quarter-repeating coach watch in gilt-brass cases by Wilhelm Köberle; Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1700.. Museum description: Clock-watch in cases of gilt brass, piercd and engraved, with alarm and repeating mechanism. Inscribed at a later date with a chronogram: ANSELMO II. ABBATI. IVRIS. RVBRI. PARTHENONIS. ASSERTORI. DEFENSORI. AC. PACIS. ARBITRO. Recording the name of Anselm II Schwab, abbot of Salem in Baden, as protector of the Cistercian Nunnery of Rothermünster, giving the date 1771. Signed WILHELMVS KÖBERLE EŸSTET. With outer case of tooled leather and brass key. The inner case is pierced and engraved with foliage and strapwork and the balance-cock is of similar work. The face is of silver with gilt brass alarm-dial in the middle engraved with foliage. The 'pair-case' is pierced with a pattern of holes and engraved with the chronogram. The outer case is of red leather decorated with gold with enriched borders, flowers, and a star-rosette. Steel hands. Verge escapement. The museum record gives material recorded as gilt-brass, silver; measurements Height 145 mm; Width 115 mm; Depth 65 mm; place associated: Eichstätt; maker recorded: Köberle, Wilhelm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.