Inlaid Rosewood Vienna Regulator. 9.5 in. inset porcelain dial has black Roman hour numerals on the chapter ring, sub seconds dial in the inset center, pierced & blued hands, brass bezel and dial signed ÂJacob Weber, In WeinÂ. Brass, 8 day time only weight driven movement has dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, long pendulum with ebonized wood stick, large brass covered bob and quality weight and pulley. In a beautiful rosewood case with pierced carved floral and filigree crest and corner finials, brass & mother of pearl inlays on the frieze and door columns with standing figural armored soldiers at the tops of the columns; the backboard of the case is heavily inlaid with figures, fruit, branches, filigree and borders using brass, mother of pearl, select woods and ivory, in excellent condition and original finish. the finest example we have seen. 73 in. high x 21 in. wide x 10 in. deep.
Rosewood Vienna Regulator w/ Astronomical Dial Having Mean Time & Sidereal Time. 9 in. porcelain dial singed ÂD. Endler, in Prag has 2 sub dials measuring 4 in. dia., the upper mean time sub dial has 24 hour numbers and chapter ring with 60 minute markers, the upper dial has a sub seconds dial inside with nice pierced hour and minute hands and reads ÂMorgem Abend, Wahre Mittlere Sonenzeit, MitternachtÂ; the lower sidereal time 24 hour sub dial has 60 minute markers, inner ring with zodiac names and symbols, singed ÂSterne ZeitÂ, dial has a gilt brass piecrust bezel. Brass single weight driven time only 30 day movement with long ebonized wood pendulum stick, brass covered bob, pierced brass 5 spoke pulley and brass covered weight. In a rosewood case with arched top, carved corners on the door and carved lower bracket. Has an enhanced original finish, 2 spider hairlines in the dial. Mean time or Âsolar time is based on the earthÂs rotation of 360 degrees lasting 24 hours; Sidereal time, meaning ÂStar TimeÂ, is based on the earthÂs rotation around the sun in which it includes the 360 degree rotation of the earth plus about 1 degree more to compensate for the EarthÂs orbit around the sun. A side real day is approximately 23 hours & 56 Minutes which translates to 0ne solar second = 1.00278 sidereal seconds. 57 in. high x 16 in. wide.