Morbier

Age: 1880
Origin: France
Description: Iron housing with doors on the side. Stamped dial frame with the theme: Mower drinks out of a bottle (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 182).
Complications: Date indicator
Dial: Signed enamel dial: Bourgaud à Darney. Roman numerals for the hours. Arabic numerals for the date.
Hands: Brass hands shaped like a sun. Blued iron date hand.
Movement: Anchor Escapement. Weight-driven clock with 8 days running period.
Stroke: Rack striking-work with half hour-strick, hour-strick and repetition on one bronze bell.
Penduluml: Lyra gridiron pendulum with spring suspension.
Dimensions: H: 39cm, W: 26cm, D: 17cm
(with pendulum: H: 144cm, W: 26cm, D: 17cm)