Carriage Clocks

Carriage musical clock, with half an hour chiming, repeater and alarm

    Carriage musical clock, with half an hour chiming, repeater and alarm

    Great Britain

    circa 1880

    Brass, glass, enamel; gold-plating, casting

    Height - 18 cm

    Inscription on the movement mounting plate: "629"

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    Mechanical carriage clock, in a right-angled gilt-brass case with glassed front and side panels, a rear access door, on a profiled base with a figured drop carrying handle.

    The clock case facets are decorated with Corinthian columns with capitals, the "cornice" and the base - with a row of dentils.

    White enamel big and small dials on gilt-brass background with black hour scale marking and blued steel Brequet clock hands.

    The big dial features two scales: a minute scale is split into 60 divisions with Arabic numerals; an hour scale is split into 12 divisions with Roman numerals. The small alarm dial is split into 12 divisions, with Arabic numerals.

    Pendulum motion movement with anchor escapement, bimetallic balance-wheel, double drum, the alarm device, music cylinder movement for four tunes, a gong for chime/repeater/alarm with eight days power reserve.

    The clock is winded with a key, which is also used to set the hands.

      Double-head winding key.

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