Nice Vintage German Art Deco Regulator Wall Clock Urgos

Year: 52
Price: $470.00 USD

Description: Vintage German Wall Clock Urgos was founded by Christian Haller, Johannes Jauch, Robert Papst, and Heinrich Rumminger in Villigen, Germany, in 1920. The company was first named Rumminger & Co. GmbH, but the name was changed to Urgos in 1923. Urgos specialized in building movements for Westminster striking clocks. With just 50 employees in 1925, Urgos grew quickly and by 1936 employed 140 workers, however the entire staff was conscripted into military service under Hitler's Third Reich. Due to the involvement with Hitler's regime, all of Urgos' machinery was dismantled after World War II. Eventually the entire Urgos manufacturing plant was auctioned in 1992. Urgos movements are marked with UW and then the particular model number.

Object: Wall Clock
Origin: Germany
Dimensions (inches): 33.50H x 13.25W x 6D
Date: 1930
Condition: Good

In overall good condition. Antique and vintage items by their very nature are used items and will show signs of normal wear due to age and use. As we define 'good condition' relative to the stated age of the piece, we would expect to see 'character marks' consistent with that age and could include nicks or dings to a wooden or metal object, wear to a painted surface, speckling on a mirror, crazing or manufacturing glaze skips in ceramic finish, wear to a label, and some original decorative trim may be missing. If ceramic/porcelain restoration has been done, it is of museum-quality so that it is hardly discernable and would be mentioned in the listing. 'Good condition' would not include chips or cracks in any glass or ceramic item.

Item Specifics: Shows normal wear to finish, face, and pendulum due to age and use. The leveling pins in the mechanism have been repaired. Clock is in running condition.
Strike (Hour) Function: Strike in working order.
Chime (Qtr or Half Hour or Music) Function: Not applicable.
Material: Oak
Style: Regulator Regulateur/Pendulum Clock

A Regulator, also Regulateur, is usually a large wall clock with a long case enclosing the dial above a long pendulum, and is noted for its time-keeping accuracy. Very elaborately carved regulator clocks are often called the Vienna Style.

Pendulum clocks use a pendulum, a swinging weight, as the timekeeping element. The pendulum clock was invented and patented by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1656, inspired by Galileo's investigation of pendulums (Galileo had the idea for a pendulum clock in 1637, but was not able to effectively build one). The use of the pendulum increased the accuracy of clocks enormously, from about 15 minutes per day to 15 seconds per day. Pendulum clocks remained the world standard for accurate timekeeping for 270 years until the invention of the quartz clock in 1927.

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