A VIENNA WALNUT REGULATOR BY MILLER & SOHN, WIEN, 19TH CENTURY the brass four pillar, three train, eight day, quarterly repeating movement with a dead beat escapement, striking and chiming on two graduated gongs, on a 'Y' shaped mount stamped 'MILLER & SOHN, IN WIEN', regulated by a brass pendulum on a chromed shaft, the case with a temple pediment above a two-pane front door and sides and a tapering terminal, with brass side adjusters, with a winder and brass weight 65cm high, 19cm wide, 11.4cm deep

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