No. 576 CUM
11-inch Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum, dating from around 1845/1850. One-piece pressed decorative front plate with lower extension and depiction of a rest, where the flutist plays a serenade for his beloved. On small plaques in the dial bezel: top left REPOS, top right DES BERGERS, bottom left ?????, bottom right DEPOSE. It became increasingly popular to use decorative plates with lower extensions, originally designed for monthly clocks, also for 8-day movements. Hands with dotted surfaces. Half-hour and full-hour strikes on bell with repetition of the hour strike. Strike release weight-driven. Enamel dial signed: Lomby à Castres.
Dial diameter: 240
Cage dimensions: 317 × 275 × 150 H × W × D
Movement dimensions: 445 × 276 × 175 H × W × D
Pendulum length: approx. 1200
( all dimensions in mm )
