No. 457 CUM
Hybrid Comtoise ( lantern clock movement and striking train in series with typical Comtoise parts/calculating striking train ) from around 1850, chain movement with endless winding, day movement, anchor escapement ( small bow anchor ), hour strike on bell, hammer axis moved by lifting pins ( no star ), alarm movement, cambered enamel dial with Roman numerals, signed: F. Vincent à Namur, 12 mm wide solid, chased bezel, Breguet iron hands. A hybrid Comtoise movement as a competitor to the typical Walloon movements from Liège and Namur.
Dial: 285 Cage dimensions: 165 x 142 x 137 HxWxD
Movement dimensions: 340 x 310 x 195 HxWxD
Pendulum length: approx. 1080
( all dimensions in mm )
See also No. 125 CUM, Hybrid Comtoise with rack striking mechanism in an almost identically sized cage and No. 456 CUM with lock plate striking mechanism.
