OFFICINE GALILEO, 1896

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A ROYAL ITALIAN WALNUT MANTEL REGULATOR
OFFICINE GALILEO, 1896
The breakfront case with volutes to the sides carved with wyvern, with glazed front door overlaid with foliate trellis frame and surmounted by cresting carved with a crown above the Savoia arms, the white enamel dial signed Officine Galileo with centre seconds and Breguet hands, the electronic movement bearing the maker's stamp with a make or break system giving impulse to the pendulum via twin magnetised coils

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Margherita, Queen of Italy, (1851-1926).

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This lot is offered without reserve. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

拍品专文

Giovanni Battista Amici and Giovanni Battista Donati joined together in 1862 to establish a precision-instrument manufacturing firm in Florence. The plan was temporarily halted when Amici died. With the help of Professor Angelo Vengi, Donati asked the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce to set up in the work-shop of the Instituto Tecnico in Florence. Donati and Vengi also secured the services of a mechanic, Giuseppe Poggiali. This was the beginning of the Officine Galileo (Galileo Works).

In 1896 the firm was acquired by Giulio Martinez, an engineer who launched a major diversification into the production of periscopes, searchlights and telemeters for the navy. Today the firm specialises in optical instruments for military use and in space technologies.