J.W. Benson Astronomical Regulator, London, No. 9076, c. 1880, walnut round-top case with glazed door and carved fret masking the 12-1/2 in. silvered brass dial engraved J. W. Benson, London, By Special Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, outer Arabic minutes, seconds dial in the upper quadrant and hours below all with blued steel hands, eight-day damascened plate movement with rear plate engraved F. W. Benson, London, 9076, jeweled train through the pallets, dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, brass pulley, nickel-cased mercury temperature-compensated pendulum with regulating scale calibrated 0-180, silvered beat scale, brass-cased weight and original winding key, ht. 75 in. Note: This lot is accompanied by a 1875 first edition copy of Time and Time Tellers by J. W. Benson.
J.W. Benson Astronomical Regulator, London, No. 9076, c. 1880, walnut round-top case with glazed door and carved fret masking the 12-1/2 in. silvered brass dial engraved J. W. Benson, London, By Special Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, outer Arabic minutes, seconds dial in the upper quadrant and hours below all with blued steel hands, eight-day damascened plate movement with rear plate engraved F. W. Benson, London, 9076, jeweled train through the pallets, dead-beat escapement, maintaining power, brass pulley, nickel-cased mercury temperature-compensated pendulum with regulating scale calibrated 0-180, silvered beat scale, brass-cased weight and original winding key, ht. 75 in. Note: This lot is accompanied by a 1875 first edition copy of Time and Time Tellers by J. W. Benson.
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