THOMAS COOKE, YORK & LONDON A RARE WALL MOUNTED
THOMAS COOKE, YORK & LONDON A RARE WALL MOUNTED ASTRONOMICAL REGULATOR CLOCK the rectangular ebonised hardwood case with hinged glazed doors enclosing a 12" square silvered brass dial with Arabic outer minutes surrounding a subsidiary seconds dial and 24-hour dial fronting an eight-day weight driven movement with curved triangular shaped plates of phosphor bronze with water of Ayr decoration, deadbeat escapement with integral beat adjustment, dedicated fine wheel train with high count pinions and epicyclic maintaining power, the brass bob pendulum suspended from a separate bracket fixed to the backboard and beats against a large silvered brass beat scale that is also signed (143.5cm high)
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THOMAS COOKE, YORK & LONDON A RARE WALL MOUNTED ASTRONOMICAL REGULATOR CLOCK the rectangular ebonised hardwood case with hinged glazed doors enclosing a 12" square silvered brass dial with Arabic outer minutes surrounding a subsidiary seconds dial and 24-hour dial fronting an eight-day weight driven movement with curved triangular shaped plates of phosphor bronze with water of Ayr decoration, deadbeat escapement with integral beat adjustment, dedicated fine wheel train with high count pinions and epicyclic maintaining power, the brass bob pendulum suspended from a separate bracket fixed to the backboard and beats against a large silvered brass beat scale that is also signed (143.5cm high)