CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH STRIKING

M&R109

CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH STRIKING
Circa 1750
Austria

Movement
The spring-driven movement of this exceptional clock has going, striking and alarm trains. The going train has a verge escapement with adjustable balance. The striking indicates the hours fully on a bell. The going and striking trains are wound from the back, the alarm train is activated by pulling a chord.

Dial
The engraved brass dial plate is arched and has a silvered Roman chapter ring, with half-hour, Arabic five-minute and minute divisions. The time is indicated by a pair of blued steel hands. There is an Arabic silvered brass alarm behind the hands to set the alarm. The alarm time is indicated by the tail of the hour hand. The engraving around the dial depict scroll motifs and a medallion in the arch.

Case
The brass case is arch-shaped at the top. The entire front serves as a door, which can be opened with a button on the left, and is equipped with a brass profiled frame in which glass is placed. The brass back is also a door. There are two round discs on the door. These serve as dust covers for the winding holes for the going and alarm trains. The arched top of the door is cut in a curling pattern and covered with fabric and serves as a sounding hole for the bell. The back plate contains the regulator, the winding arbors and the hand settings. The top of the clock is surmounted by a ring-shaped carrying handle. The case rests on four flat ball feet.

Duration 30 hours.

Height 12.5 cm
Width 8 cm
Depth: 6 cm.

Literature
Similar clock: Carriage Clocks, Their history and development, by Charles Allix, p. 326.