3-Bells Morbier
Age: | 1830 |
Origin: | France |
Description: | Iron housing with doors on the side. Stamped two-piece dial frame with the theme: head of the sun with filled horns, basket of flowers with diagonal pattern, palmettes, oak leaves (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 141). |
Complications: | 3 bells, Grande Sonnerie, alarm |
Dial: | Enamel dial with roman numerals for the hours. |
Hands: | Brass hands shaped like a sun with a fine engraving. Brass alarm disc. |
Movement: | Pin-pallet Escapement by Amant. Three weight-driven movements with 8 days running period. Alarm with verge escapement. |
Stroke: | Rack striking-work with ¾ strick: Grande Sonnerie, repetition and manual repetition. Hour-strick on big bronze bell before quarter-strick on two smaller bronze bells. |
Penduluml: | Heavy lead filled fold-away pendulum with spring suspension. |
Dimensions: | H: 46cm, W: 27cm, D: 18cm (with pendulum: H: 131cm, W: 27cm, D: 18cm) |