This highly popular hanging clock has an hour circle painted black on white background, with Roman hour numerals and a minute ring simply marked with black lines. The burnished iron hands are typical of the period. At the center is the small disk for setting the alarm. Polychrome columns are painted on the sides; a flower basket is painted in the lunette. The movement comprises two trains side by side. The one on the left has a crude anchor escapement, crutch, and pendulum; the chime train has a 12-stroke regulator consisting of a brass strip with side-pegs and a large wheel driven by rackwork integral with the driving wheel of the chime. In a rear compartment are the spiral gong and the pendulum. The alarm mechanism has been entirely removed, including the bell on top. The weights are hooked to the ends of a single chain passing over the toothed pulleys of both trains. These are wound simultaneously by pulling down the middle section of the chain that hangs under the case through two openings. This is a typical nineteenth-century variant of a popular clock produced in millions of copies over nearly three centuries. The persistence of many characteristics attests to the clock's widespread diffusion from the outset, but it often makes accurate dating difficult.