Nr. 510 CUM
Comtoise cock clock from the last decade of the Ancien Régime, around 1785/1789, still entirely in the style of Louis XVI. Brass casting with a Gallic rooster, flanked by 2 hens, above an emblem with a biretta, a headgear worn by clergy members. 8-day chain-driven movement with verge escapement and lead bob pendulum, rear pendulum guide. Iron hour and change wheels. Half-hour and full-hour strike with repetition are struck from the strike mechanism - no separate half-hour strike en passant. Bowl-shaped enamel dial with Roman hour numerals and Arabic 5-minute numerals. Brass hands. The clock is smaller than the typical examples of the period, which usually have a width of 24 cm.
Dial diameter: 215
Cage: 215 x 217 x 135 H x W x D
Movement: 340 x 217 x 155 H x W x D
Chimney: 95
Pendulum length: 1582
(all dimensions in mm)
