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Lot 97^W

A good, small, mid 19th century mahogany longcase regulator with rare form of pendulum adjustment
the dial re-signed for Thomas Reid, Edinburgh

Fine Clocks

8 July 2015, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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A good, small, mid 19th century mahogany longcase regulator with rare form of pendulum adjustment

the dial re-signed for Thomas Reid, Edinburgh
the arched case with long glazed door over a base with inset panel
the 11.5 inch circular silvered dial with outer Arabic minute track enclosing the subsidiary dials for running seconds and Roman hours marked "Mean Time", the weight driven movement with shouldered and footed plates united by six knopped pillars, with maintaining power to the four wheel train terminating in a deadbeat escapement with screwed collet and micrometer adjustment to the top of the crutch, the rectangular-section steel rod pendulum terminating in a substantial brass-faced lenticular bob secured by a graduated rating nut suspended from the backboard and connected to a 42-inch long steel rod secured with four brass brackets allowing some travel with temperature change 1.79m (5ft 10ins) high.

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