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Table Clock, by Jacob Wideman, Augsburg, c. 1650

Inventory Number 53006


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53006

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
"Jacob Wideman Augsburg", undated. (Not checked.)
Object type
Clock
Dimensions
Height: 122mm Width: 122mm Depth: 82mm
Inventory No
53006
Accession Number
1935-4/part

Description

Jacob Wideman, the younger, died 1665.

Verge escapement with balance wheel and spring (no balance-spring regulator); steel endstone on balance-cover; fusee with gut; ratchet and click mainspring regulator; three trains (going, striking hours, striking quarters).