Johann Salfer Ninety-day Floor Regulator

Description:

Johann Salfer Ninety-day Floor Regulator, Vienna, c. 1885, composite brass dial with silvered chapter ring and seconds dial, engraved brass center marked Joh. Salfer, Wien, long duration, time-only movement with deadbeat escapement, maintaining power, and crutch beat adjustment, powered by a brass-cased weight and regulated by a pendulum, in a flat-top carved oak case with carved capitals on full-length waist columns, all on bracket feet, ht. 89 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Clock currently running but overhaul is suggested. Hass door key but no winding key.


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