Nr. 121 CUM
9-inch Comtoise clock with anchor escapement and automaton pressed pendulum with remnants of old painting from the period 1890/1900. Features a weather house in the lower part and a thermometer (see detail photo) in the upper part of the pendulum. A mechanism likely operated similarly to Black Forest clocks using a strand of human hair. Changes in humidity cause the hair to alter its length, making the woman appear in good weather and the man with an umbrella appear in bad weather (see detail photo). Half-hour and full-hour chimes on a gong with repetition. Enamel dial signed: JOURDAIN Pierre à Cerdon, with a polychrome floral motif surrounding the location name.
Dial diameter: 213 mm
Case dimensions: 255 x 249 x 141 mm (HxWxD)
Movement dimensions: 430 x 335 x 175 mm (HxWxD, including gong)
Pendulum length: 1640 mm
