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JAPY FRÈRES & AUGUSTE JACOT & CIE. CIRCA 1870
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A Louis Philippe rosewood striking eight day mantel regulator with rare form of seconds beating escapement
Japy Frères & Auguste Jacot & Cie. Circa 1870
The dial with white enamel chapter ring and blued steel sweep centre seconds, the recessed centre showing the motionwork, the movement with four back-pinned pillars, twin barrels and strike on gong, Brocot type escapement with steel star wheel extended through the dial plate on the same arbor locking and unlocking a spring-loaded detent with pinion to the large diameter seconds wheel behind the motionwork, back plate with stamps for Japy Frères and Auge. Jacot & cie Medaille de L'Exposi. 1855. Brevetés S.G.D.G.; twin jar pendulum
23½ in. (59.5 cm.) high
Japy Frères & Auguste Jacot & Cie. Circa 1870
The dial with white enamel chapter ring and blued steel sweep centre seconds, the recessed centre showing the motionwork, the movement with four back-pinned pillars, twin barrels and strike on gong, Brocot type escapement with steel star wheel extended through the dial plate on the same arbor locking and unlocking a spring-loaded detent with pinion to the large diameter seconds wheel behind the motionwork, back plate with stamps for Japy Frères and Auge. Jacot & cie Medaille de L'Exposi. 1855. Brevetés S.G.D.G.; twin jar pendulum
23½ in. (59.5 cm.) high
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