Oddities

Wheels & Pinions

This wheel had a few teeth replaced...
No brass thick enough available?...
Never mind, the clever clockmaker simply made a double thickness soldered together,
and it holds.
Belgian Louis XV Musical Cartel by
Jean-François de Beefe à Liège.

Very unusual barrel for
this Belgian bracket clock.
It is actually pinned together
on the crown side, every 90°.
The barrel itself could also have
been made bigger for a longer spring....

Two early and simplified versions of
maltese crosses as applied to the
mainspring barrel and the alarm barrel
on this beautiful Capucine,
probably from Liège, 18th Century.

Beautifully executed flywheel
mounted with an unusual spring
on the same Capucine as above.

Dismantlable strike wheel on
this Restoration-era Comtoise,
signed Dolger à Issoire.

Two rather full mainspring barrels
on this Louis XVI clock with
disques tournants, signed
Voisin à Paris.

A rather different way of making
a fusee ratchet: the ratchet is part of the
fusee itself, and the click and clickspring
are visible from the outside.
Early 18th-C German Bracket clock by
Johann-Albert Lerb im Regenspurg

All wheels and pinions of this fine
Belgian 30-hour longcase clock
are cut in this square fashion.
(late 18th Century)

...and it actually works beautifully!

Interesting repair carried out on a pinion
from this Regency Period longcase clock.

One of the leaves was broken, it was
soft-soldered back in place and reinforced
on both sides with brass washers and steel
right angles.

Third wheel, time side.

 

Hour wheel with pinion for powering the date wheel.
The date wheel and date ring were never fitted,
so this pinion was left as an ébauche.

Bracket clock by Barrault, London
Early 18th Century.


Centre wheel and barrel that can be dismantled.
This is quite a rarity on long case clocks, and once again,
it appears on a Belgian one!

This feature on a centre wheel usually only
appeared on XXth Century clocks.

Belgian 8-day longcase clock, XVIIIth Century.
Time only.

Adjustable bush on the warning wheel.

Louis XVI cartel d'applique.



A somewhat different and easier way of making a fly!
It belongs to this 18th Century Neuchâtelloise.

Comments? Questions?

 

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