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) |