TÜRMCHENUHR WALL CLOCK Ca. 1560 Italy

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RENAISSANCE TÜRMCHENUHR WALL CLOCK WITH STRIKING
Circa 1560
Italy

Movement
The weight-driven steel movement is constructed between vertical bars and consists of going and striking trains. The going train has a vertical verge escapement with balance. The striking is regulated by a count wheel and indicates the hours fully on a bell.

Dial
The circular, firegilt dial has an engraved Roman chapter ring with half-hour markers. In the centre is a beautifully engraving.

Case
The firegilt brass case is profusely engraved depicting scroll, the figures Mercurius and Apollo, leaf and floral motifs. There are two doors to the sides, whilst the case is surmounted by a bell strap with four leaves surrounded by four turned finials on the corners.

Duration 1 day
Height 16.5 cm.
Width 7.5 cm.
Depth 7.5 cm.

Note
Clocks are one of the greatest and most important inventions of the Renaissance period, embodying the renewed interest in science, the arts and man’s place in the world.

Literature
For another early German clock, in this case a vertical table clock, with a turnable chapter ring, see K. Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, München, 1976, Vol II, p. 23 and Fig. 101.