Front, Door open, Dial and weights, Pendulum hanger, Back with dial in place, Front plate, Back plate, Angle view from left, Angle view from right, Top view of movement, Strike side view, Time side view, Strike works, Bracket signature, Bracket decoration, Pulley decoration, 2nd Pulley decoration, Weight closeup

This industrial period, German clock in the Vienna style was our very first clock purchase. It was bought to fill a blank spot on a wall, but soon formed the nucleus of a lifelong passion for horology.

When purchased it was heavily coated with a recent red varnish job, the works were very dirty and the cables were worn out and the weights were missing. It also was missing the top crest and finials, but we have never felt any need for those.

Jane refinished the case and I cleaned the movement and made the weights that now power the clock. The cord is catgut as I believe it had originally.

This clock is interesting in that the gathering pallet for the strike is a spiral hoop with a small door in one part of the rim. The rack is of the standard form except that it has pins sticking toward the back. In operation the door opens in the rim to drop the rack onto the snail. Then the spiral acts as the gathering pallet to count the hours of the strike.

There are no marks on the plates of the clock. The bracket that mounts the movement in the case is marked Junghans.