French regulator, late 18th century, early 19th century.
The restoration covered the movement, case and dial.
The movement, made from a Paris movement, was improved by Robin fils to have a central second hand.
This complication, although fine, requires a lot of force from the movement when it is poorly adjusted. It has been twisted and disconnected in the past probably because otherwise the clock would stop.
The restoration of the movement allowed the resumption of wear but above all the return to operation of this complication. This part serves as a whip and creates the jerky effect of the seconds hand.
This small element creates friction and requires fine and careful adjustment to minimize the force required for the movement. All of this had to be taken into account when getting back into shape.
The dial has little gold dots at each minute indication and there were some missing. A ceramic restorer therefore restored these golden points.
The glazed case was in gilded bronze, unfortunately the gilding has disappeared. There are some traces of this old gilding remaining and it was pink gilding, which is very rare and particularly elegant.
The gilding has disappeared because the case was cleaned with brass cleaning products which are very aggressive.
The case had to be completely dismantled to be cleaned and to remove traces of drippings from old cleaning products.
The case has not been re-gilded but it has been protected to prevent the bronze from oxidizing too quickly after its restoration.
For confidentiality reasons, the clock will not be shown in its entirety.