DESCRIPTION:
Philadelphia College of Horology, an unusual student piece with electrically impulsed lever escapement, the timepiece with large balance, fancy gilt balance cock with Church style regulator, counterpoised lever, and arabic numeral skeletonized dial exposing the gilt movement, brass hands with the initials "E. G.", all mounted to an oblong, German silver plate engraved "Philadelphia College of Horology", and contained in a heavily molded, conforming hardwood case
CONDITION:
case lacking finish, and with scratches, scrapes, and minor losses, left side joints separating, hanging hook added, oblong plate retained by modern finishing nails, movement components dirty, balance staff appears to be short when case is laying flat, but oscillates freely when hanging, minor tarnish on German silver components, losses to gilding, hands tarnished, circuit functional, but the various parts will require cleaning and adjustment in order to restore the clock to operating condition, remnant of battery clamp inside base of case badly rusted, oblong plate not secure within case. It appears that this piece was designed to operate in the horizontal position, and had a protective oval dome. This is further reinforced by the fact that the oblong plate relies on gravity alone to keep it in place. The terminals flanking the balance cock are for the battery, and the impulse is delivered through an electromagnet attached to the lower end of the " pallet" arbor, beneath the oblong plate. The circuit is completed by a pawl on the balance staff pushing a lever into a contact, the hands advanced incrementally at every other vibration of the balance by a pawl on the upper end of the "pallet" assembly.
ESTIMATE:
$800
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$1200
PRICE SOLD:
$1100
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