DAVID MUNRO, NO.4. 1996

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An American mahogany weight-driven table regulator
David Munro, No.4. 1996
The silvered dial of regulator format with blued steel hands, engraved Roman and Arabic chapters, recessed seconds and hour rings, the movement wound through the centre of the hour hand, delicate high count wheel train with six crossings terminating with the deadbeat escapement planted on the backplate with jewelled pallets and steel 'scape wheel with 60 teeth, jewelled pivots within screwed châtons, fine adjustment to the crutchpiece, nine-rod steel and frosted gilt-brass gridiron pendulum with knife edge suspension and signed MUNRO 4, the backplate engraved Munro 4, twin threaded barrel indirectly suspending two frosted gilt-brass weights with integral steel and brass pulleys with six crossings, the movement bayonet-suspended from a bracket fixed to the backboard, the mahogany breakarch case with glazed top and sides
16.5 in. (42 cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

David Munro (b.1953) is a clockmaker based in the city of New York and who specialises in the manufacture of high quality precision regulators. For a biographical details and further illustrations of Munro No.4 see (www.arcadianclock.com).

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