82,600 CHF
"Equation of Time - Ellicott Pendulum" Damiens Duvillier, Paris. Made circa 1850. Very fine, very rare and elegant, mahogany, month going, weight-driven floor standing precision regulator with equation of time, perpetual calendar, dead-center seconds, Ellicott-type pendulum with expansion indication. Rectangular, mahogany, stepped and molded cornice, glazed sides and front door, canted corners, molded and canted plinth and kickboard. Matte silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, inner semi-circular scale for the equation of time inscribed "le soleil retarde - le soleil avance", annular silvered rotating year calendar dial below engraved with the months and baton divisions for the number of days in each month, the equation cam displayed in its center, molded gilt brass bezel. Gilt brass "Breguet" hour and minute hands, blued steel equation hand with gilt sun terminal. Notes This regulator was very recently overhauled. The present clock is very well made and interesting in its use of the Ellicott type pendulum especially with the scale showing the expansion or contraction of the brass pendulum rods. The dial and case are elegant and well proportioned. For a French wall clock with very similar Ellicott-style pendulum see: "Precision Pendulum Clocks - France, Germany, America and Recent Developments", Derek Roberts, Schiffer Publishing, p. 108. Damiens Duvillier Exhibited his regulators at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851 and the Exposition Univer Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
