Autray et Fils, French table regulator
Important “temple” french table regulator signed "Autray et Fils"
Case: gilt bronze “portico” case.
Dial: silvered dial with roman numerals for the hours and indexes for the minutes and the seconds. Blue still “Breguet” hands. Center seconds.
Movement: brass and steel movement with special escapement “à coup perdu” beating the seconds. Knife suspension. Compensated brass-steel gridiron pendulum. Striking hours and half hours on a bell. Three weeks winding.
Period: France - Paris, circa 1815, late Empire.
Signed: on the dial “Autray - fils”
Dimentions: circa cm 62 (height); 34 (width); cm 20 (depth).
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