Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2600MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 02, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Cherry Astronomical Regulator by U. B. Lust, Fremont, Ohio, c. 1923, case with removable arched top hood, convex glass, silvered hinged bezel opening to silvered brass dial marked U.B. Lust, 1923 Fremont, Ohio, glazed hinged waist door, eight-day brass weight-powered movement with dead-beat escapement, and maintaining power with cherry pendulum rod and two 6-in. steel cylinder pendulum bob, ht. 60 in.
Literature: For comprehensive information on U. B. Lust, see the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, April 1959, pp. 491-97
Estimate $2,000-4,000
Suspension spring broken