A fine French glazed ormolu center seconds mantel regulator with remontoire and year calendar
A fine French glazed ormolu center seconds mantel regulator with remontoire and year calendar
Signed Lepaute à Paris
Date: Late 18th century
Movement: Circular plates joined by cylindrical pillars, deadbeat escapement on backplate, remontoire also on backplate with sliding weight on polished steel arm linked to four spoke star wheel driven by time train, nine rod gridiron pendulum suspended from knife edge, beat adjustment on crutch, striking the hour and half hour on a bell by means of a count wheel
Dial: White enamel with outer Zodiacal year calendar enclosing minute ring and roman chapters, blued steel hands
Size: 15 ¼ in (38.5cm) high
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A fine French glazed ormolu center seconds mantel regulator with remontoire and year calendar
Signed Lepaute à Paris
Date: Late 18th century
Movement: Circular plates joined by cylindrical pillars, deadbeat escapement on backplate, remontoire also on backplate with sliding weight on polished steel arm linked to four spoke star wheel driven by time train, nine rod gridiron pendulum suspended from knife edge, beat adjustment on crutch, striking the hour and half hour on a bell by means of a count wheel
Dial: White enamel with outer Zodiacal year calendar enclosing minute ring and roman chapters, blued steel hands
Size: 15 ¼ in (38.5cm) high
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