Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 10, 1994
LOT 131
Not signed, French, circa 1870. Fine and unusual " balancelle", double face swinging regulator with centre seconds, in a chaped mahogany case.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 11,500
C. Shaped, moulded, glased on both faces, moulded pediment with bail finial disclosing the braket supporting the regulator. D. White enamel on the front with Roman numerals and centre seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. White enamel on the rear face with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass with going barrel and pin-wheel escapement, it is set in the bob of a gridiron, second beating pendulum with knif-edge suspension. In good condition. Dim. 156 x 54 x 16 cm.
Notes
Most of these swinging
regulators were produced in
Morez (French Jura), by
Prosdame. They were made for
the jewellers and watchmakers,
to be hung in their windows.
Therefore the time could be
seen both from the street and
from the shop and constituted
a kind of attraction. The actual
regulator, with his shaped
cabinet certainly was a special
order and can be unique.