Photo (c)1999 Mark R Frank
Record Ref: 17
Category: Clock
Manufacturer: Wagner
Country: France
Year: 1880
Number of gear trains: 2
Plates - material: Other Cast Iron
Plates - shape: Other Flat
Bed
Manufacturers marks: Makers name on Front frame. #875 stamped on inside top brace
and penulum Rod
Plates - size (mm): 1200
x 390 x 390
Escapement type: Other
Pin Wheel
Timekeeping Pendulum
Primary motive force: Weights
Striking method: Countwheel
Tunes:
Notes: French turret clock with
remontoir control and electro-mechanical slave drive. Going train weight 27lb; strike70lb.
Polished tapered arbors. Roller bearings for strike pallets. All bolts of equal size have
slightly differing thread pitch so no bolts of equal size are interchangeable. Perhaps
used to keep all servicing in-house. For more info on Wagner see page 331 in C.H. Baille
Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World Vol. 1.
Photo (c)1999 Mark R
Frank
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