Nr. 175 CUM
10-inch Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum from around 1845, half-hour and full-hour strike on bell with repetition.
Strike release via weight pressure. Two pressed parts, each with decorative roofs and attached decorative corners, are mounted opposite each other on the dial, creating what is known as a clock with a "beard." Four flower cups in the four corners of the dial. Normally, the corners of the second pressed part are cut off and then rotated by 180° to be mounted as the lower decorative corners.
Star hand with decorated surfaces.
Enamel dial with arcade minute markers (à la Dauphine) and flower decoration, signed: Paturel ainé à Rive-de-Gier.
Dial diameter: 238
Cage dimensions: 279 x 273 x 154 H x W x D
Movement dimensions: 560 x 276 x 175 H x W x D
Pendulum length: approx. 1200 (all measurements in mm)
