Mystery railway regulator
Discussion
I’ve recent come into possession of a railway regulator but can’t find any information on it. Google image search doesn’t show anything conclusive.
This this is heavy, very good build quality and the previous owner had it for a very long time. My gut tells me it’s either going to be worthless or I’m in for a DelBoy and Rodney moment which I highly doubt!
The box is also old, again a Google search doesn’t show much but seems to have nautical links(?) not sure how that fits in with a railway regulator.
This this is heavy, very good build quality and the previous owner had it for a very long time. My gut tells me it’s either going to be worthless or I’m in for a DelBoy and Rodney moment which I highly doubt!
The box is also old, again a Google search doesn’t show much but seems to have nautical links(?) not sure how that fits in with a railway regulator.
Reckon I might be a barer of bad news.
It looks a lot like the clocks they sell at markets in India, they have done many styles for years. I brought one back in 1999! They are kind of crude but also a bit of fun… the one linked is about £4…
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/brass-analog-...
It looks a lot like the clocks they sell at markets in India, they have done many styles for years. I brought one back in 1999! They are kind of crude but also a bit of fun… the one linked is about £4…
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/brass-analog-...
There are two points to make.
Firstly a 'regulator' has two defining features. The most important is a very high accuracy movement, but that's not easy to spot unless you know what you're looking for.
Regulators also (generally) have the hour hand and the seconds hand in subdials rather than in the centre. The minute hand is large and prominent. The theory is that this makes them easier to read accurately.
Sorry, but your watch has neither of these features.
And secondly. the other thing that stands out is the picure of the train on the dial. Back in the days when high accuracy timepieces were required to ensure trains could run without hitting each other, it wasn't exactly common to see this sort of thing.
Firstly a 'regulator' has two defining features. The most important is a very high accuracy movement, but that's not easy to spot unless you know what you're looking for.
Regulators also (generally) have the hour hand and the seconds hand in subdials rather than in the centre. The minute hand is large and prominent. The theory is that this makes them easier to read accurately.
Sorry, but your watch has neither of these features.
And secondly. the other thing that stands out is the picure of the train on the dial. Back in the days when high accuracy timepieces were required to ensure trains could run without hitting each other, it wasn't exactly common to see this sort of thing.
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