A rare mahogany cased electromagnetic master impulse regulator timepiece Gents, Leicester, circa 1907 The movement with rectangular brass plate applied with twin coils, electromagnetic armature, complex pivoted switching assembly and Patent inclined gravity plane impulse lever around an inverted Y-shaped frontplate carrying deadbeat escapement with agate pallets fitted to independently pivoted arms regulated by teak-rod seconds pendulum suspended from behind the movement via independently pivoted crutch, the front applied with white enamel seconds dial with steel arrow hand, the rectangular wall-mounted case with projecting backboard over moulded top and full-height glazed door now fitted with white enamel Roman numeral slave dial incorporating electromagnetic shunt motor behind and with conforming steel arrow hands to internal surface above conforming base, (pendulum bob lacking), 147cm (58ins) high. Gents of Leicester were founded by John Thomas Gent in 1872 and specialised in producing electric timepieces principally for semi-public and industrial use alongside fire alarm systems, telephones, transformers and related products. The firm initially operated from Faraday Road, Leicester, later (after WWII) moving to nearby Kibworth. They were bought-out by the multi-national organisation, Chloride, in 1981. The substantial movement fitted to the current lot conforms to the design employed by Gents in their C1-C4 range as advertised in their 1907 catalogue of “THE B.P. SYSTEM” OF PATENT SILENT ELECTRIC IMPULSE CLOCKS. This series was the most expensive produced by Gents at the time with prices ranging from £15 to £25. These high prices were due to their inherent high quality heavy brass construction and refinements such as deadbeat escapement with agate pallets (the lesser ranges employed recoil escapement with hardened steel pallets). These refinements resulted in them being excellent timekeepers with rates guaranteed to within two seconds a week; the addition of an optional invar rod steel pendulum further improved the rate to within half a second a week.
A rare mahogany cased electromagnetic master impulse regulator timepiece Gents, Leicester, circa 1907 The movement with rectangular brass plate applied with twin coils, electromagnetic armature, complex pivoted switching assembly and Patent inclined gravity plane impulse lever around an inverted Y-shaped frontplate carrying deadbeat escapement with agate pallets fitted to independently pivoted arms regulated by teak-rod seconds pendulum suspended from behind the movement via independently pivoted crutch, the front applied with white enamel seconds dial with steel arrow hand, the rectangular wall-mounted case with projecting backboard over moulded top and full-height glazed door now fitted with white enamel Roman numeral slave dial incorporating electromagnetic shunt motor behind and with conforming steel arrow hands to internal surface above conforming base, (pendulum bob lacking), 147cm (58ins) high. Gents of Leicester were founded by John Thomas Gent in 1872 and specialised in producing electric timepieces principally for semi-public and industrial use alongside fire alarm systems, telephones, transformers and related products. The firm initially operated from Faraday Road, Leicester, later (after WWII) moving to nearby Kibworth. They were bought-out by the multi-national organisation, Chloride, in 1981. The substantial movement fitted to the current lot conforms to the design employed by Gents in their C1-C4 range as advertised in their 1907 catalogue of “THE B.P. SYSTEM” OF PATENT SILENT ELECTRIC IMPULSE CLOCKS. This series was the most expensive produced by Gents at the time with prices ranging from £15 to £25. These high prices were due to their inherent high quality heavy brass construction and refinements such as deadbeat escapement with agate pallets (the lesser ranges employed recoil escapement with hardened steel pallets). These refinements resulted in them being excellent timekeepers with rates guaranteed to within two seconds a week; the addition of an optional invar rod steel pendulum further improved the rate to within half a second a week.
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