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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 306

Strasser and Rohde, Glashiitte, German, ci rca 1925. Fine and rare oak, 15 day going precision weight driven wall regulator.

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

C. Oak rectangular with glazed front door. D. Silvered regulator type with small Roman hour chapter ring, symmetrical subsidiary seconds above and outer minutes ring on the bezel's border. Blued-steel "spade " hands. M. Brass rectangular, typical of the Strasser and Rohde construction, dead beat anchor escapement with jewelled adjustable pallets, second's beating pendulum with special Strasser and Rohde compensation and spring suspension. Signed on the dial. Dim. 150 x 40 x 23 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-51

Very good

Partially reprinted

Notes

A similar regulator is illustrated and described by Klaus Erbrich in Prizisionspeudeluhuen, fig. 362-367, pages 204 and 205, and the special compensation of the pendulum illustrated fig. 54a.