Special astronomical cabinet from 1771 exhibited in Museum/Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh Utrecht. Astronomical cabinet made by Jean Paulus and Prof. Ghiesbregt with globes/planetaria according to Martianus Cappella and according to Copernicus. Various dials give information about various time indications, calendars, the position of the planets, the phases of the moon etc. On top of the center part of the cabinet, in which is located the...

Amsterdam longcase clock signed Otto van Meurs Amsterdam. Otto van Meurs is a famous clock and watchmaker from Amsterdam who lived from 1714 - 1783 (according to E.Morpurgo "Dutch clock and watchmakers from 1300) This clock comes from third quarter 18th century. The peculiarity of this clock is that the owner of...

Amsterdam grandfather clock with chimes and four melodies signed Jan Voileau Leiden.

Standing Amsterdam clock signed "Paulus Bramer and Soon Amsterdam" 3rd quarter 18th century. The movement had a broken string that needed to be replaced and was in need of maintenance. This involved polishing the trunnions, bracing the tap holes, silvering the anchor and finally cleaning and polishing the movement. In the photos below you will get...

Amsterdam longcase clock last quarter 18th century. The special and remarkable thing about this clock is the signature this is from a member of the prominent clockmaker family Ruempol from Laren-Gelderland and surroundings. I was commissioned by the Stedelijk Museum Zutphen to restore the movement of this clock and provide it with new gut strings. Below...

This 19th century Amsterdam standing watch with ships mechanism no longer ran and struck. The movement had been serviced a long time ago as you can see in the first three photos. After cleaning the movement parts, trunnion polishing and bushing it was coming along nicely. The mechanism was dirty, worn and had a...

This clock which once served as a small tower clock and was closed off all around by sheet iron to keep dust and dirt out of the movement has been turned into an open house clock and placed on an iron tripod. The movement has run like this for about 30 years. My help was called in because the movement was no longer doing anything. The...

The movement of an English longcase clock from the last quarter of the 18th century in unrestored condition before disassembly. Below you can see the movement after trunnion polishing , bushing, anchor soldering, cleaning and polishing. The needle of the minute hand has been broken and lost in the past and the stub in an ugly way irreparable....

Special English longcase clock with 8-day movement and central second hand and central date indication from the last quarter of the 18th century. This type of clock with the indications in this way is very rare. The client of this clock did not even know that the clock was built for a central seconds hand simply because...