ASTRONOMICAL REGULATOR, last quarter of the 18th century. - Lot 89

Lot n° 89
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8000 - 10000 EUR
ASTRONOMICAL REGULATOR, last quarter of the 18th century. - Lot 89
ASTRONOMICAL REGULATOR, last quarter of the 18th century. Signed on the dial: “Lépine Hger du Roi 1780”; the movement features a pin escapement with a seconds hand. The brass dial, engraved with Roman numerals, features four indicators in the center and a date window below 12 o’clock; below 11 o’clock is the day of the week and its astrological symbol, and opposite it, below 1 o’clock, is the month and its zodiac sign. At 8 o’clock are the sunrise and sunset times along with the sun’s path, the length of the day indicated by slats, and the average time over 24 hours shown by a hand. Opposite, at 4 o’clock, are the phases and age of the Moon. In the 19th or 20th century, the minute track (in five-minute increments) on this dial—whose outline is still visible—was trimmed away to accommodate this movement, which once featured quarter-hour chimes and an equation of time, housed in a mahogany case lined with fragments of antique tapestries. (glass added later) The knife-suspension pendulum consists of a simple wooden rod and a heavy lens. H.: 193 cm W.: 55 cm D.: approx. 30 cm Appraisers: Ms. Emmanuelle Galand and Denis Corpechot, honorary appraiser. ey.galand@gmail.com 0142602021
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