46,000 CHF
Charles Bacon, Gerrard Street, Islington, London. Made circa 1865. Extremely fine and rare eight-day mahogany and brass precision wall regulator with Anti-Friction Rollers and Deadbeat Escapement. Rectangular, with oak carcass veneered with flecked mahogany, the edges inset with mahogany round-edgebeading, glazed sides and door with cavetto brass frames. Silvered, circular, outer minute track with Arabic fiveminute markers, hour dial at 6 with radial Roman numerals, seconds dial at 12, inclined silvered bezel. Blued steelhands. Notes The fine quality and elegant case shows that this clock was intended not only as a fine precision instrument but also for display. Charles Bacon is recorded as being an escapement maker working at 37, Gerrard Street, Islington until 1917. The refine-ments to the movement, all intended to reduce friction, suggest that this regulator was either a special order or perhaps Bacon's own regulator. Because the escapement is located between the dial and the front plate, the under-dial work has been eliminated. This has been achieved by the addition of a further wheel fitted to the rear of the great wheel which meshes with an hour wheel of similar count, thus all the hands are set independently. Steel stop-pins are positioned either side of the crutch to prevent damage to the jeweled escape pallets and the offset pulley to drop the weight at the side of the case reduces the chance of any interference with the pendulum. A very interesting and rare f Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
