DESCRIPTION:
The Synchronome Co., Ltd., London, a very rare prototype magnetic free pendulum clock, stained oak, pediment style case with glazed door, roman numeral silvered dial with subsidiary dead seconds having "6 dots" display, and also signed "Synchronome Patent No. 26170 1930", japanned cast iron "A" frame with gravity arm release armature in place of the count wheel, and magnetic contact sending pulses at one second intervals to the seconds dial movement, pendulum rod with weight tray, and cylindrical, cast iron bob, serial #C488
CONDITION:
case with minor bumps and dings, holes in case back for securing case to wall, dial and hands good, tube covering magnetic contact missing, the release armature appears to be a replacement, and the part it presumably replaced is included with the clock, pendulum rod with spots of oxidation, magnet on pendulum rod replaced, but the original U shaped magnet is also included, weight tray replaced, condition of circuitry unknown. See Robert H. A. Miles "Synchronome Masters of Electrical Timekeeping", pages 188- 191 for a description of this prototype, and photographs of the movement. See lot 159 for another prototype magnetic free pendulum clock.
ESTIMATE:
$3000
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$5000
PRICE SOLD:
$8500
CIRCA: 1930
DIMENSIONS: 62.5in x 12in x 6.75in
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