Clock No. 307
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Purchase Price |
SOLD |
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Weights |
3 |
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Length |
56 inches |
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Wall Stabilizers |
New |
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case Condition |
1 |
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Winding Key |
New |
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Mechanism |
Dirty |
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Mechanism Mount |
Wood seat board |
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Beat Scale |
Old porcelain |
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Pendulum |
Zinc backed |
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Clock 307
Base
Interior
Wall Stabilizer
Top
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The first thing you need to do to appreciate this clocks impact is to find a clock that is 56 inches long without its bottom finial. This is an imposing regulator, though it carries its size very well due to the smooth, flowing lines of its serpentine case. The case is in good condition with a number of typical finish scrapes. While the clock looks good as it came to me, it would really come to life with a little touch up, cleaning and polishing. It is virtually complete, with the exception of its bottom finial! In fact, I decided this clock really was too nice to offer as it was. And, while it was not quite ready when we shot pictures for the catalog, it will be finished for the live auction -- with a new tail piece and a sympathetically restored case. The case even has a locking door, and all of the glass is old and wavy except for one side-piece.
The mechanism is a typical Viennese-made piece - it struck the quarters and the hour when I hung the weights, so the trains appear to be in good condition, but it could use cleaned - the hour train struck fairly slowly. Note the lovely wood-handled winding key, the key-locking door (with appropriate key), the nice bob, with only a couple of slight dings, the wonderfully unusual pendulum rod - which adds so much to the visual impact of this clock. The clock has what is probably its original porcelain beat scale, though someone has apparently repainted the numbers in the past. The dial chapter ring has a number of light hair-line cracks, and a repair near the VIII, while the center of the dial is in very good condition, with all three of its winding hole grommets, and one barely-discernable hairline. And then there are the hands, as is typical for a Viennese clock, they are absolutely works of art in their own right -- it amazes me to think of filing out hands this fine.
The matching pulleys are embossed, the weights rough, and the wall stabilizers and winding key new.
A word about the wall stabilizers:. This is a style that I have had made in England. They are works of art, and nicer than ninety five percent of the original wall stabilizers found on antique Vienna Regulators. I have emulated the original stabilizer knobs with the double knurled edge and the mounting plates with the stepped design to locate them precisely where they belong relative to the case.
If you are in the market for a very impressive, relatively large three-weight Serpentine that is absolutely gorgeous...
Caveats: The mechanism could use cleaned, and the weights are rough, though they would polish up nicely, and look quite good.
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