Nr. 200 CUM
11-inch Comtoise clock with patented pendulum fine adjustment BRÈVETÉ S.G.D.G. By adjusting the small hand from R Retard (slow) to A Avance (fast), the length of the pendulum spring is simultaneously altered, making the clock run faster or slower. Main and auxiliary dials are signed: Eugene Papin à Pons. Anchor escapement and lyre pendulum, alarm mechanism, half-hour and full-hour strike with repetition. This clock likely dates from 1870/1880.
Dial diameter: 243
Case dimensions: 312 x 276 x 150 HxWxD
Movement dimensions: 473 x 277 x 160 HxWxD
Pendulum length: 1365
(all dimensions in mm)
