Morbier
| Age: | 1740 |
| Origin: | France |
| Description: | Iron housing with doors on the side and screwed hinges. Back side not screwed but fixed with pins. Top frame made out of sawed brass (Cp.G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 18ff). Brass winding hole covering (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 37ff). |
| Complications: | – |
| Dial: | 12 enamel cartouches with roman numerals following the style of Ludwig the XIV. (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 37ff). |
| Hands: | Sawed and hammered iron hands (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 39ff). |
| Movement: | Verge Escapement with top facing teeth. Weight-driven clock with 8 days running period (Cp. G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 40ff). |
| Stroke: | Rack striking-work with half hour-strick from the movement, hour-stroke with no repetition on one bronze bell. (Compare with G. Schmitt, Die Comtoise-Uhr, p. 40ff). |
| Penduluml: | Long wire pendulum in the back with lead bulb. |
| Dimensions: | H: 36,5cm, W: 19cm, D: 17cm (with pendulum: H: 166,5cm W: 19cm, D: 17cm) Movement cage: H: 23cm W: 19cm, D: 14cm Distance between winding spindles: 9cm |
