A Victorian Longcase Regulator clock

 A Victorian Longcase Regulator by Robert Gellatly of Edinburgh with mahogany case, velvet lining and crossbanded top locking  door panel.  The mechanism boasts six spoke wheel work with dead beat escapement and maintaining power.  The silvered dial is engraved with Arabic numerals to the quarters and time indicated by polished and blued steel hands.  There is little information relating to Gellatly but he is known to be in business as a clock and watchmaker on North Bridge at around 1850 and then at 78 Princes Street a few years later. 

During the second half of the 19th century, North Bridge and Princes Street became two of Edinburgh's most recognisable and fashionable thoroughfares. North Bridge, completed at the close of the 18th century and later rebuilt and widened in the 1890s, formed the principal link between the medieval Old Town and the elegant Georgian New Town. It carried an ever-increasing flow of pedestrians, horse-drawn traffic and commerce through the heart of the capital.

Princes Street emerged as Edinburgh's premier shopping destination, lined with grand hotels, banks, department stores and the showrooms of leading jewellers, watchmakers and clockmakers. With uninterrupted views across the gardens to Edinburgh Castle, it combined commercial prestige with architectural splendour. By the late Victorian era, the area embodied the confidence and prosperity of Scotland's capital, serving as a showcase for luxury goods, fine craftsmanship and the city's growing professional and mercantile classes.  

Priced £7000