Very fine and rare, center-seconds astronomical 6 month-going mantle regulator with remontoir d'galit wound every 30 seconds. Paul Garnier, Paris, circa 1845.
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Precision Timekeeper with 1 Complication; Paul Garnier, Horloger du Roi, Paris, circa 1845. Very fine and rare, center-seconds astronomical 6 month-going mantle regulator with remontoir d'galit wound every 30 seconds. C. Two blocks of black marble joined by a molded black marble section, small extended marble molding at the top supporting the movement. D. White enamel, flat, Roman numerals, outer minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Shaped, humpback, solid brass, pin-wheel escapement, steel-brass Ellicott type compound compensation pendulum, double spring suspension, remontoir wheel mounted on a pivoted rocking bar terminated by a weight on one end and a detent on the other, which, when the weight fallsto a certain point, releases a fly mounted on the 4th pinion of the train which drives the remontoir wheel down, winding the remontoir, Maltese stop work. Signed on the dial and movement. Dim. Height 50 cm, base width 17 cm.
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