118,000 CHF
“Precision Timekeeper with Equation of Time” Le Roy & Fils. Made circa 1820. Very fine and extremely rare, month–going, weight-driven, mahogany floor-standing regulator with dead-center seconds, equation of time, annual calendar, power reserve indicator and one-second beating grid-iron pendulum. Mahogany, “Empire”, flat pediment above a moulded and stepped cornice, rectangular body with glazed sides and hinged and sprung glazed door with a lock, panelled plinth with concave mouldings and stepped base, the weight concealed within a channel between the backboard of the case and the outer back, two rear doors providing access. 18.5 cm., white enamel, convex with radial Roman numerals, inner hour track with 12- minute divisions, outer minute and seconds track, gilt bronze bezel engine turned and finely chased with stiff-leaf decoration. Gilt brass hour and minute hands, blued steel seconds and solar time hands. Brass aperture beneath the dial with silvered annual calendar dial calibrated for the months and their respective symbols, Arabic 10-day numerals, baton 5-day markers and dot date markers. Rectangular, gilt brass, arch-top, massive, four massive cylindrical pillars and secured to the gilt brass backplate by four further pillars, with pulley and massive arch-top flat weight set outside and wound through an intermediate gear through the great wheel, providing drive directly to the great wheel mounted at the top of the movement, 5-wheel train, Harrison’s maintaining power
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-02
