Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Seth Thomas Oak No. 30 Regulator, Thomaston, Connecticut, c. 1910, 12-in. painted zinc Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds, eight-day, time-only movement with deadbeat escapement and maintaining power regulated by a pendulum and powered by a brass cased weight, all in an oak case with carved and incised decoration and a glazed door, ht. 48 in.
Estimate $700-900
Lifting dial paint has been consolidated. Weight hook is broken. Tape residue on brass faced pendulum bob.
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Thomas OakJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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