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AN UNUSUAL CARVED WALNUT LONGCASE REGULATOR WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND ASTRONOMICAL INDICATIONS
SIGNED ON THE BACKPLATE F. POIRET A BEAUMONT, 1851
THE CASE WITH MOULDED PLINTH AND PEDIMENT, THE GLAZED DOOR ENHANCED WITH CARVED HUSKS AND SCROLLS, THE CIRCULAR SILVERED DIAL WITHIN MOULDED BRASS BEZEL, ROMAN CHAPTER RING ENCLOSING APERTURES FOR: YEAR (ANéé), SEASON (SAISON), GOLDEN NUMBER/EPACT (NOMBRE D' OR/EPACTE), SOLAR CYCLE/DOMINICAL LETTER (CYCLE DE LA LUNE) AND SUNRISE AND SUNSET BY MEANS OF MOVEABLE SHUTTERS (LEVER ET COUCHER DU SOLEIL), FURTHER SUBSIDIARY DIALS FOR MONTHS FOR FOUR YEAR PERPETUAL CALENDAR, RETROGRADE DATE AND DAY OF WEEK, PIERCED GILT HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS, BLUED-STEEL CENTER SECONDS HAND, THE SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT SECURED TO BRASS BRACKET IN CASE, BALUSTER PILLARS, DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT WITH FINE GRIDIRON PENDULUM SUSPENDED ON KNIFE EDGE FROM BRACKET, CRUTCH WITH BEAT ADJUSTMENT, STRIKING THE HOURS ON BELL BY MEANS OF COUNTWHEEL, THE STRIKING TRAIN ALSO DRIVING THE CALENDAR WORK PLANTED ON FRONT PLATE AND ON BACK OF DIAL -- 81 1/2IN. (207CM.) HIGH
SIGNED ON THE BACKPLATE F. POIRET A BEAUMONT, 1851
THE CASE WITH MOULDED PLINTH AND PEDIMENT, THE GLAZED DOOR ENHANCED WITH CARVED HUSKS AND SCROLLS, THE CIRCULAR SILVERED DIAL WITHIN MOULDED BRASS BEZEL, ROMAN CHAPTER RING ENCLOSING APERTURES FOR: YEAR (ANéé), SEASON (SAISON), GOLDEN NUMBER/EPACT (NOMBRE D' OR/EPACTE), SOLAR CYCLE/DOMINICAL LETTER (CYCLE DE LA LUNE) AND SUNRISE AND SUNSET BY MEANS OF MOVEABLE SHUTTERS (LEVER ET COUCHER DU SOLEIL), FURTHER SUBSIDIARY DIALS FOR MONTHS FOR FOUR YEAR PERPETUAL CALENDAR, RETROGRADE DATE AND DAY OF WEEK, PIERCED GILT HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS, BLUED-STEEL CENTER SECONDS HAND, THE SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT SECURED TO BRASS BRACKET IN CASE, BALUSTER PILLARS, DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT WITH FINE GRIDIRON PENDULUM SUSPENDED ON KNIFE EDGE FROM BRACKET, CRUTCH WITH BEAT ADJUSTMENT, STRIKING THE HOURS ON BELL BY MEANS OF COUNTWHEEL, THE STRIKING TRAIN ALSO DRIVING THE CALENDAR WORK PLANTED ON FRONT PLATE AND ON BACK OF DIAL -- 81 1/2IN. (207CM.) HIGH