111st Auction

2024/11/16

Lot 92

Johann Gerhard Eckho(r)st

A very fine Classicistic Hamburg precision table regulator with regulator dial

estimated
4.5007.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
Mahogany, rectangular base with bun feet, glazed on three sides, the corpus decorated with columns of lighter-coloured wood with Corinthian bases and bronze capitals, arched top, brass bezel, mirrored back door.
Dial
Enamel, painted foliate scrolls, chapter ring for the seconds display at "12", chapter ring for the hours display at "6".
Movement
Trapezoidal brass plate movement, external pin lever escapement on the back, two weights on two cord pulleys engage in parallel on the minute wheel, compensation brass/steel gridiron pendulum with steel knife edge suspension, heavy brass pendulum bob with engraved adjusting nut.
Diam.500 mm
Circa1800
Ctry.Germany