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Régulateur en bois fruitier par Fernando Nizet, XIXe siècle
An interesting 19th century centre seconds regulator Fernando Nizet
An interesting 19th century centre seconds regulator
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€1,500 - €2,000
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Régulateur en bois fruitier par Fernando Nizet, XIXe siècle
An interesting 19th century centre seconds regulator
An interesting 19th century centre seconds regulator
Fernando Nizet
The tall hood with shaped brass-bound door and long side glazed panels over a long trunk with lenticle, the base with ball feet. The shaped dial measuring a maximum of 34cm x 25.5cm framed by an engraved wheatear border, a moon phase and age arc above the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed centre in a ribbon within foliate scrolls, blued steel hands (centre seconds hand missing). The weight driven movement with tall tapering plates (max 24cm x 11.5cm) united by six knopped pillars, with smooth winding barrel, high count pinions and long steel pallet arm to the deadbeat 'scape wheel. The pendulum suspended on a knifed edge with rating nut above.
The tall hood with shaped brass-bound door and long side glazed panels over a long trunk with lenticle, the base with ball feet. The shaped dial measuring a maximum of 34cm x 25.5cm framed by an engraved wheatear border, a moon phase and age arc above the Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed centre in a ribbon within foliate scrolls, blued steel hands (centre seconds hand missing). The weight driven movement with tall tapering plates (max 24cm x 11.5cm) united by six knopped pillars, with smooth winding barrel, high count pinions and long steel pallet arm to the deadbeat 'scape wheel. The pendulum suspended on a knifed edge with rating nut above.
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