Post your Jewelers Regulator here

[StoveBolt]

I think these clocks are deserving of their own thread, just acquired not hung up yet.

Circa 1891: Waterbury #7 Pinwheel.

 

[brian fisher]

as to the photos, if you try to make a deletion, they always wind up at the bottom of your thread anyway with no way to take them off. so....as a note to self, I guess its probably a good idea not to accidentally mix in those "family" boudoir pics.....

I have an active (sort of inactive at the moment) thread here of the restoration of my jewelers regulator, so I guess I will just "repasta" the link here.

My best Craigs find to date: New Haven jeweler's Regulator

I do think this is a good idea for a thread though.....

 

[StoveBolt]

as to the photos, if you try to make a deletion, they always wind up at the bottom of your thread anyway with no way to take them off. so....as a note to self, I guess its probably a good idea not to accidentally mix in those "family" boudoir pics.....

I have connections..

 

[MQ32shooter]

Here's my two. One is an un-marked pinwheel the other is a Waterbury No. 61.

 

[Jim Andrews]

I'm guessing your ceilings are more than 8' high.

 

[shutterbug]

Here's mine. The gate is to keep my cats out of the clock room

 

[Jim DuBois]

Here's mine. The gate is to keep my cats out of the clock room

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Your cats must be more lazy than ours. (how is that possible?) We have one cat that has a 6'8" vertical leap done from a standing position, no run up needed. Of course she has to talk about it before she does it. She will look, talk, look some more, walk around to the other side, talk some more, then jump and land on top of the 2" thick door. Why? Because she can I guess.

But, nice clock, thanks for adding it, and seasons greetings to the cats from our cats!

 

[shutterbug]

They both know they are not allowed in that room, so they usually honor it. The youngest can scale a door frame clear to the top, to my chagrin!

 

[Steve Murphy]

Here are my two, Waterbury #60 and Waltham. Steve

 

[PatH]

Here's a Waterbury 46(?) that we had for several years, along with a postcard with a similar regulator in a jewelry store. And the Ansonia 17 that balanced the wall.

 

[jacks61fd]

Still have Waterbury #7 George Jones is gone

 

[StoveBolt]

Still have Waterbury #7 George Jones is gone

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Wow, love the ad glass.

 

[Jim Andrews]

The George Jones looks like it was an Astro? Very nice. Love the WB #7 with the mercury pendulum and door lettering.

 

[devore]

Unmarked pinwheel. 3-jar mercury pendulum. Tiger oak case.

 

[Jim Andrews]

Very nice, like the mercury pendulum. How tall is the case?

 

[devore]

90” tall

 

[Rockin Ronnie]

Very nice! Curious, they seem heavy. How do you hang such a heavy clock? other than the floor standing ones, of course.
Ron

 

[jacks61fd]

A complete story of the purchase and historical research of the Waterbury #7 can be found in bulletin #299 on page 794-795

 

[bruce linde]

when i think of jewelers regulators the first things i think of are porcelain dial, sweep second hand, and (more typically) a 13lb ginormous brass pendulum.

Steve Murphy posted his waltham, above... but in another thread andy dervin just clarified while waltham made a medium-sized movement with sweep second hand, it was typically in 40" or so cases... and that they did not make a seconds beating movement with a sweep second hand.

i love jewelers regulators and was starting to google to research more about history, desirability (apparently waltham didn't think there was a demand for sweep second hands), etc.

so: what defines a jewelers regulator? is a sweep second hand a definer? would it be more accurate to call steve's a precision regulator than a jewelers regulator?

here are mine:

- waterbury no. 8 w/ deadbeat movement
- french pinwheel in somewhat unique case with beveled and cut glass in door
- gilbert #20 movement, newer/custom case, dial and pendulum
- french pinwheel in ridiculously heavy case (with a brass plaque that says "johnson pneumatic tower clock, erected by johnson heat regulating co., st. louis')
- older pinwheel, no case, made up pendulum, pewter hands (liked the look)

 

[Kevin W.]

There is one for sale or will be locally. I have seen at auctions most dont seem to sell high. I sure would love one. I lost out on one last summer. I sure like all the ones i have seen in this thread.

 

[bruce linde]

go for it... you deserve it!

 

[gentleman jim]

I think these clocks are deserving of their own thread, just acquired not hung up yet.

Circa 1891: Waterbury #7 Pinwheel.



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Here is my Ansonia # 17