Viennese Regulator by the Hamburg American Clock Factory
Strikes the Hour & Half-Hours on a Coiled Gong
14 Kt Yellow Gold Leaf on the Front Glass
Circa 1890
Celluloid Dial
Runs Well & Keeps Good Time
This 8-day, time and strike clock
was made by the "Hamburg American Clock Company" in Schramberg, Germany circa 1890 as is
indicated by the crossed arrows
stamped on the movement. The Hamburg American Clock Factory was initially
called the "Landenberger and Lang Clock Factory" which was formed in
1875. In 1883, for economic and financial reasons, the name was changed to
the Hamburg American Clock Factory.
The dial is a
two tiered Celluloid dial with a brass center and brass bezel that measures 5 1/2"
in diameter and is flawless (i.e. no hairlines or cracks of any sort!).
Both the brass center of the dial and the brass pendulum bob match, and are embossed!
The brass pendulum bob
has a picture of a young girl with the sun shining down on her and flowers flowing up in front of her, while the
brass dial center has flowers embossed on it!!
The pendulum
measures approximately 14" in length and attaches to the movement.
The movement is visible through wooden side "portals", which are removable.
This comes in very handy if you need to adjust the hammer which strikes the hour and
half-hour on a coiled gong.
The clock measures 29" in height, 13" wide at the top,
11" wide at the base, and 7" deep.
The clock's door measures 21 1/4" in length and has a glass panel that covers just over
half of the door. One very unusual aspect of the glass panel is the fact that the bottom part of
it has six lines attached by five round knobs, and all of this is done in 14 Kt
gold leaf!!!
The entire clock is attractively "worm holed", to give it that real antique look
(after all, it is a real antique!) and the bottom
and side of the clock are both good examples!!
