Welch Standing Pinwheel Regulator

Welch Standing Pinwheel Regulator

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$5,000 – $7,500[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$3,250[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

Attr: Welch Floor Standing Jewelers Pinwheel Regulator. 12 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, open moon hands, red sweep seconds hand and brass bezel; 8 day movement has pinwheel escapement, retaining power, silvered escape levers and crutch with iron box frame with dust covers (missing dust cover doors), brass weight and long brass gridiron pendulum with large brass bob and lyre shaped plate. In a walnut floor standing case with broken arched crest centered with maidens head & shell design, carved drapery and incised highlights; door has raised burled panels with carved rosettes and carved side corbels. Refinished, in good overall condition, no hairlines in the porcelain dial. 93 in. high x 33 in. wide x 12.5 in. deep.