VR-315 - 2 wt Late Biedermeier Vienna Regulator with single-piece milk-glass dial
With this clock I have to ask: Where do I begin. This is one of those clocks that offer so much is hard to decide what is most important - where to start. Clearly, 2 weight clocks with pie-crust bezels and single-piece milk-glass dials are rare. There just weren’t many made.
And to find one with this impressive of a case, with its Rosewood veneered case, unusual beveled and cross-banded edge to the window opening: With its very nice condition this case is a rare treat! Note that the columns to the edge of the door are completely separate - they are free standing - not with a part cut out and glued to the door. While this is what you expect to find on a Viennese clock, it is unusual to see such narrow columns and then to find that they are not attached to the door along their length.
This clock has an elegant feel, with its narrow lines, simple design, beautifully shaped base - I suppose part of its elegance comes from the contrast of the austere case with the ornate pulleys and pie-crust bezel. And part of it has to be ascribed to the makers art - knowing how to set-out a case, to achieve a style that stands out from the ordinary.
Details: Pulleys that are very unusual in their shape with engraving to their front sides, hands that are works of art, a perfect milk-glass dial, original metal beat-scale (in need of numbers, but in overall great condition), early suspension spring mount (a detail I respect - there were a lot easier ways to connect a suspension springs, leave it to the Viennese to adapt a method that is very functional but also rather time consuming to make), very nice weights, with their knurled caps, large washers under the hooks, and their small size, a perfect pendulum bob, very nice old winding key, key-locking door, with key, unusual wall stabilizers (very large, early-style heads with short shafts): This clock is eye-candy for a serious collector.
And, unlike some of the “interesting” clocks with a great deal of technical merit, but no beauty, this clock just seems to pull it all together.
Note how perfectly the pie-crust bezel sets off the dial and hands. A beautiful example of the Biedermeier period with the classic simplicity of the case contrasted with the ornate splendor of the bezel and pulleys. I really like this clock, as I hope you do also.
Read MoreAnd to find one with this impressive of a case, with its Rosewood veneered case, unusual beveled and cross-banded edge to the window opening: With its very nice condition this case is a rare treat! Note that the columns to the edge of the door are completely separate - they are free standing - not with a part cut out and glued to the door. While this is what you expect to find on a Viennese clock, it is unusual to see such narrow columns and then to find that they are not attached to the door along their length.
This clock has an elegant feel, with its narrow lines, simple design, beautifully shaped base - I suppose part of its elegance comes from the contrast of the austere case with the ornate pulleys and pie-crust bezel. And part of it has to be ascribed to the makers art - knowing how to set-out a case, to achieve a style that stands out from the ordinary.
Details: Pulleys that are very unusual in their shape with engraving to their front sides, hands that are works of art, a perfect milk-glass dial, original metal beat-scale (in need of numbers, but in overall great condition), early suspension spring mount (a detail I respect - there were a lot easier ways to connect a suspension springs, leave it to the Viennese to adapt a method that is very functional but also rather time consuming to make), very nice weights, with their knurled caps, large washers under the hooks, and their small size, a perfect pendulum bob, very nice old winding key, key-locking door, with key, unusual wall stabilizers (very large, early-style heads with short shafts): This clock is eye-candy for a serious collector.
And, unlike some of the “interesting” clocks with a great deal of technical merit, but no beauty, this clock just seems to pull it all together.
Note how perfectly the pie-crust bezel sets off the dial and hands. A beautiful example of the Biedermeier period with the classic simplicity of the case contrasted with the ornate splendor of the bezel and pulleys. I really like this clock, as I hope you do also.
