GOLDBUHL 1950S DOUBLE BELL ALARM CLOCK MADE IN WEST GERMANY WITH ROMAN NUMERALS BELLS RING BUT WINDUP MECHANISM NEEDS REPAIR

LOVELY VINTAGE GOLDBUHL WEST GERMANY ALARM WIND UP TRAVEL CLOCK. DATING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST CENTURY. THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1976 SO THESE CLOCKS ARE REAL VINTAGE AND VERY COLLECTABLE.

IT IS METAL THAT IS BRASS COLOUR WITH A DECORATIVE PIERCED FILIGREE (FINE DECORATIVE METALWORK) BAND AROUND THE SIDES. SITS ON TWO LITTLE BALL FEET.

THE WINDUP MECHANISM IS FAULTY: IT NO LONGER TICKS AS IT SHOULD ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE LEVERS SETTING TIME AND ALARM WORKS AS DOES THE BELLS RINGING.

HOWEVER, IT REMAINS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AS A VINTAGE ITEM OF ORNATE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND IS IN VERY GOOD COSMETIC CONDITION FOR ITS AGE.

I TRIED TO SHOW SOME OF THE EXQUISITE DETAIL TO THE FACE, THE HOUSING AND THE POINTERS, AN ELEGANT AND INTRICATE EXAMPLE OF INTERIOR STYLE FROM (THE FORMER) WEST GERMANY.

A FINE PURCHASE FOR PURELY ORNAMENTAL REASONS, AND A TRULY EXCELLENT PURCHASE IF YOU KNOW ABOUT CLOCK REPAIRS. 

GOLDBUHL: GOLDBUHL WAS THE TRADENAME OF FICHTER KG. THEY MADE LOTS OF ALARM CLOCKS.
"GOLDBÜHL" IS THE NAME OF A HILL IN VILLINGEN/BF, WERE FICHTER KG WAS LOCATED. (GOLDBÜHL= GOLDEN HILL)
FICHTER KG WAS FOUNDED 1949 AND WENT BANKRUPT IN 1976.

SIZE: 8X6CM OVAL 9CM HIGH

CONDITION: LEVER TO SET TIME IS STIF BUT WORKING. LEVER TO SET ALARM IS WORKING. BELLS ARE WORKING FINE. WINDUP MECHANISM HOWEVER APPEARS FAULTY. IT STARTS TO TICK BUT ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS. NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. STRUCTURALLY IN GOOD CONDITION.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS