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Great Wheel Skeleton Clock

Early 19th C Skeleton Clock with Great Wheel, circa 1815.

Single-winding movement of an entirely original design, giving power upwards to the time train and downwards to the strike train, using an auxiliary mainspring.
Large barrel with a vey long mainspring and a great distribution wheel, using large-count pinions. Pinwheel escapement with a single-arm anchor, knife-edge suspension with heavy pendulum bob. Two-weeks autonomy.
Strike train with a secondary mainspring wound by the main barrel, with the countwheel, its train wheel and the second time wheel on the same axis using direct or indirect drive. French style strike, striking the number of hours on the hour and a single strike on the half hour on a silvered bell placed between the feet. Interesting flywheel with a three-sided fly made of brass and blued steel.
Hollow circular enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours and single bars for the minutes, Lépine-style blued steel hands.
The whole frame made of finely cast and chased ormolu parts and motifs, the stylised lilies flanked by two eagle heads on top, various military attributes below the dial, with a drum, axe, flags, oak leaves, laurel wreath etc; two lion paws make up a mock footing on the ormolu base on four turned toupee feet.

Dimensions

H. 16” (41cm), W. 8 ¼” (21cm), D. 5” (13cm)

Price

€ 15.000

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