Lot 154

all original - dial worn overall. dial repaired on one side- letter 'G'. Not recently serviced or timed. requires full service. with original wall bracket. stress cracks to case consistent with age.


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German born, Charles Falck, was trained in the art of watchmaking, in which he developed a mechanical ingenuity. He, like many others was drawn to Australia by the Gold Rush and arrived in Adelaide in 1854. He soon after settled in Melbourne, and then in 1862 he moved to Beechworth, where he commenced his own business as a watchmaker and gold buyer. His skill in practical horology was evinced in a clock of his own design and manufacture, which was exhibited at the first Melbourne Exhibition in 1856, and which afterwards, formed a prominent attraction in the window of his business on Ford street. Falck also filled the position of timekeeper at the Beechworth Racing Club