What is a Vienna Regulator?

A Vienna Regulator is a weight-driven clock. There are also spring-driven clocks that are called Vienna Regulators. Regulators, when they first started appearing in clock shops and observatories as the standard of accuracy with respect to telling time, were more accurate than typical clocks and saw mass production in Vienna, Austria, by the mid-19th century. Shop a collection of Vienna Regulator clocks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.