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31459C.R
DENT, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 1325.  A MOST UNUSUAL MAHOGANY CASED DOMESTIC LONGCASE REGULATOR.  CIRCA 1875.

A most unusual and individual domestic regulator. The plain mahogany case has an arched top with round viewing windows in the side of the hood. It then goes into the trunk via a relatively plain ogee moulding. The trunk has a full length opening front door and goes into the plain base which stands on a single stepped plinth.

The silvered brass dial of the clock is quite unusual. In the arch it has a dial showing the days of the week below which, in the main part of the dial, is the engraved main dial. This has Roman numerals inside the minute ring and two subsidiary dials, one below 12 o’clock for the seconds and one above 6 o’clock for the days of the month. Around the centre hand arbor is mounted the silvered setting ring for the alarm which is wound via a square just below 1 o’clock. The going and striking trains are wound in the normal fashion from winding holes either side of the centre. The dial is fully signed for the maker, ‘E J Dent, 34 Royal Exchange, London, No. 1325.’ The clock has spade hands for both the days of the week and the main dial and small counter balanced pointer hands for the seconds and the date of the month.

The eight day movement is of very robust quality. It has thick plates and four large knopped pillars. The going train has maintaining power and a Graham deadbeat escapement. The clock strikes the hours on a large bell mounted above the movement which also acts as the alarm bell via a different rotating hammer. The clock has a wood rod pendulum with a large and heavy brass bob.

Height:  6' 6.5"  (200 cms.)

Price band: D