Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 419
C.S. Reichel in Koestritz, German, circa 1805. Fine and rare weight driven mahogany long case regulator with highly unusual dial.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 25,300
C. Designed as a pyramidal fluted column after Reisner. D. Unusual brass, divided in three-time four hours with outer ring of four-time 60 minutes, and subsidiary seconds. The counterpoised brass single hand, the skeletonised tip with blued-steel extending pointer (designed as an arrow and driven by a cam) is adjusted automatically every four hours in order to indicate the appropriate chapter-ring to be read. M. Brass trapezoidal with turned pillars, endless chain, Lepaute type pinwheel escapement, gridiron seconds beating pendulum with knife-edge suspension. Signed on the dial. In good condition. Dim. 190 x 58 x 21 cm.
