The 101 vienna regulator clocks illustrated and described in this book cover a unique era of clock making which spanned the years from about 1790 to 1910.
Vienna laterndluhr regulator wall clock.
Biedermeier and piecrust 1835 to 1848.
I especially like the beidermeier or empire style laterndluhr or dachluhr vienna regulator clocks.
These are the laterndluhr clocks from the empire period.
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Those built between vienna austria before the 1760 and 1835 are called laterndluhr clocks.
59 150 cm mahogany with maple stripe inlay enamel dial fire gilded brass bezel seconds hand real compensation knife edge suspension duration of one year.
Vienna regulators gallery.
When you look at these clocks they look like three boxes stacked on top of each other.
Regulator clocks can be divided into three broad categories.
At the trade fair in vienna in 1845 the clockmaker alois schenk exhibited two observatory clocks with compensation pendulum one of them working for 3 years and two months.
The durations varies between 1 4 6 weeks 2 3 6 or 9 months up until clocks with a year duration.
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After the defeat of napoleon the middle class bourgeoisie started replacing the aristocracy in the civil service and vienna settled into the biedermeier period 1835 1848 where the bourgeoisie tried to imitate the traits of the aristocracy.
Viennese regulator laterndluhr signed on the dial.
Types of antique regulator clocks.
For purposes of this book the vienna regulator era has been divided into the three periods of early middle and late.