Over 140 years ago, in 1868, the antique clock you see running below kept Standard Time in New England. This masterpiece is The Bond Shop Astronomical Regulator No. 396, crafted by William Bond & Son. It is one of only three known in the world, and once stood in the window of the William Bond chronometer shop in Boston.
Now I’ll let the clock speak for itself—Watch and listen to it running as cleanly as it did in 1868.
Skinner will auction this spectacular precision timekeeper on November 20, 2010 in our Marlborough, Massachusetts auction of Science, Technology, Clocks, & Militaria. I hope to see you there.
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Jeanne Schinto of the Maine Antiques Digest wrote a terrific story on the sale of the Bond Astronomical Regulator. Click here to download the pdf.