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XII.35 Building-clock movement
Maker: unknown
Place:Central Italy
Date:late 18th cent.
Materials:iron, brass
Dimensions:550x430x550 mm
Current inventory:3733
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The movement is enclosed by iron pillars and bars fastened together with pins. The gearwork is made of brass. There are two trains whose drums are placed side by side. The going train has an escapement with Amant pegs (the pegs are on the same side of the wheel). The pendulum is missing. The chime train is controlled by a regulator carrying twelve pegs for a six-stroke chime with repeater. The speed of the strokes is adjusted by means of the large flywheel with two blades outside the enclosure. There was also a minutes hand. This type of building clock evolved gradually over the centuries, and the dating accuracy for specimens does not exceed a few decades. Moreover, it is unlikely that any clocks with six-stroke chimes were built after the early nineteenth century.

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