T\u00fcrler Uhren was founded in 1883 as a manufacturer of watches and clocks. The company is still run by fourth- and fifth-generation members of the T\u00fcrler family. In addition to making fine watches under its own name, they sell watches and jewelry in T\u00fcrler stores in Zurich. Although the firm’s primary business is watches and jewelry, occasionally the company has produced other timepiece-related items. In 1970, T\u00fcrler exhibited a futuristic-looking fiberglass sundial at the World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. In 1995, CEO Franz T\u00fcrler unveiled the T\u00fcrler Watch Model of the Cosmos, billed as “the most complex astronomical and astrological clock in the world,” on permanent display in T\u00fcrler’s flagship store in Zurich.<\/p>\n
Condition:\u00a0 Generally very good overall, with a bit of outdoor aged fading and wear.<\/p>\n
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“Das Familienunternehmen T\u00fcrler \u2013 Unsere Geschichte.” Turler Uhren & Juwelen.<\/em> 2016. http:\/\/tuerler.ch\/haus-tuerler (16 May 2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Garden Armillary Sundial A large and impressive metal garden armillary sundial with a central eight-pointed star (representing the sun) on a rod, within a series of meridians and concentric rings representing terrestrial and celestial circles. It rests on a shaped a base with four scrolled legs. The pierced zodiac band is embellished with a series of small brass colored emblems of the signs of the zodiac in circular mounts. A brass-plated strip with curved ends is calibrated with numbers — a shadow is cast on this by the sun rod to indicate the time of day. The strip is also decorated with small engraved illustration of zodiac signs and engraved “T\u00fcrler Uhren Zurich.” It was presumably manufactured and sold by T\u00fcrler Uhren & Juwelena, Swiss watch and jewelry firm based in Zurich, in its stores. As such, it is of much high quality than typical outdoor armillary sundials. It would display nicely indoors as well.<\/p>\n Product description continues below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18633,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[929,4175,6790,6934,33,35,944],"product_tag":[39,40,7182,37,38,6853,1151,1594,7159,1388],"class_list":{"0":"post-18628","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-20th-century-globes","7":"product_cat-beach-house","8":"product_cat-garden-room","9":"product_cat-home-garden-dining-kitchen","10":"product_cat-english-european-globes","11":"product_cat-planetary","12":"product_cat-scientific-instruments","13":"product_tag-armillary","14":"product_tag-copernican","15":"product_tag-garden-armillary","16":"product_tag-globe","17":"product_tag-planetary","18":"product_tag-prop-rental","19":"product_tag-sundial","20":"product_tag-swiss","21":"product_tag-turler-uhren","22":"product_tag-zodiac","23":"pa_maker-location-europe","24":"post","25":"post-with-thumbnail","26":"post-with-thumbnail-large","28":"first","29":"instock","30":"sold-individually","31":"purchasable","32":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/18628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/18628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38363,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/18628\/revisions\/38363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=18628"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=18628"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=18628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>T\u00fcrler Uhren, Zurich: 2nd Half 20th C.
\nMetal alloy
\n34 inches high, 23 inches diameter
\n$4,500<\/p>\n