Designer: Carl Auböck II (1900 – 1957)

Item: Pocketwatch paperweight model # 4626

Manufactured by: Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Country of origin: Austria

Year made: Circa 1950s

Materials: Brass

Dimensions: ½” x 3 ¼” x 2 ½” 

Condition: Excellent.  

Description: Here is another whimsical paperweight as a pocket watch. We have seen this same pocket watch with a welded corkscrew as well as a bottle stopper with a welded on screw on which a cork would be placed. The Werkstätte also made a much larger version of this same design.

References: Auböck, Carl IV, die kataloge der werkstätte carl auböck 1925 – 1975, Carl Auböck Archive (2005); Auböck, Carl IV, die arbeiten der Werkstätte carl auböck – fotografiert von 1948 – 2005, Carl Auböck Archive (2009); Wright Auction Catalog; The Workshop: Carl Auböck Designs 1930-1980 (2016).