Regulator Clock 1824 The Royal Collection |
In his quest for the perfect clock, King George IV purchased this tall-case mahogany regulator clock from its makers-- Abraham-Louis and Antoine-Louis Breguet. The clock is unique inasmuch as it has two pendulums with two separate movements. Each pendulum swings in the opposite direction of the other. The theory was that the sympathetic motion would keep each movement at a level of extreme accuracy. On one side, the apparent and mean time were displayed. On the other, the date and time were displayed. The only peculiarity is that the second hand on the right clock face moves counterclockwise.
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