04-28-201704-28-2017
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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 28, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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William Bond & Sons Mahogany Astronomical Floor Regulator No. 152

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$17,220$14,000
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 3003MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 28, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

William Bond & Sons Mahogany Astronomical Floor Regulator No. 152, Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1860, the turned and segmented wooden bezel opens to the 11 1/2-in. silvered brass dial with outer circumferential minutes, subsidiary dials for upper seconds and lower hours, signed William Bond & Sons,/Boston./No. 152 within the hour subsidiary dial, glazed waist section opens for set up and to reveal the original pulley with six crossings, brass-cased weight, steel rod with "T-bridge" suspension, mercury temperature-compensating steel cylinder pendulum and silvered beat scale, eight-day, four-wheel train, heavy brass, five-pillar movement with maintaining power, jeweled on escape, pallet pivots and inset pallets, beat setting thumbscrews on pallet arbor and spring-loaded steel cable follower serves as a winding stop, all attached to a heavy cast iron bracket mounted to the backboard for movement and pendulum support, ht. 76 in.

Note: A closely related regulator by Bond no. 137, is housed at the Collection of Historical and Scientific Instruments at Harvard. The front plate of this movement is stamped "3324."
Estimate $6,000-8,000

First finish on case and first silvering on dial, original hands, pendulum, brass cased weight, , lacking one dial attaching screw . Period winding key, No significant repairs or restoration.


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