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309.<br />

Riefler Precision Astronomical Regulator, No. 1174, c. 1907-10,<br />

the silvered dial with outer ring minutes, subsidiary dial for seconds<br />

at 12 and hours at 6, eight-day timepiece mounted on a brass plate<br />

with pendulum suspension, five-wheel train, deadbeat escapement,<br />

maintaining power, beat setting provision on the crutch, and outboard<br />

pulley to direct weight fall, K-style invar pendulum marked Riefler<br />

Munchen-DRP 100870-1174, nickel pulley and single weight, all in a<br />

painted wooden case with full-length glazed door, ht. 52 in.<br />

Note: The Riefler firm and their clocks are illustrated and discussed in<br />

Derek Roberts, Precision Pendulum Clocks, pp. 119-149.<br />

$6,000-8,000<br />

online bidding at www.skinnerinc.com<br />

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