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Table Clock, French, 16th Century

Inventory Number 42423


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42423

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Height: 65mm Width: 43mm
Inventory No
42423

Description

Verge escapement with balance-wheel to which weights have been added at diametrically opposite points on the rim (probably originally with a dumb-bell foliot); fusee with gut; ratchet and click mainspring regulator (replacement); 24-hour dial with couch pins for ordinary Italian hours; single hand.