LOT 95 A very rare mid 18th century mahogany minute-striking 'Journeyman' regulator of small size
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the arched hood with canted front corners over an elaborately moulded throat to a shaped trunk on a tall base, the 4.75 inch one-piece silvered arched dial acting as the frontplate of the movement and engraved with a running seconds dial above the minutes-elapsed dial, both with good blued steel hands, the weight driven movement with arched plates united by six turned pillars pinned to the backplate, the three-wheel train with brass pinions and terminating in a deadbeat escapement, the 'scape wheel mounted to one side with a shaped block of brass to counterpoise the seconds hand and to the other side with a pin to activate the passing strike on the bell above every 60 seconds, the bell mounted on a shaped brass stand mounted to the rear of the backplate, the latter shaped to accommodate the profile of the bell 1.73m (5ft 8ins) high
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