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Brameld, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 1981. movement 15"h x 8.5"w x
5.5" d, 18.5"h with base and dome. Graham deadbeat escapement with 40 second
spring remontoire. According to Roberts this movement was made on commission and was based
on a clock made over a century earlier by James Clark, also of Edinburgh in 1828 for the
Cape Wrath Lighthouse, Scotland; the most northerly in the country. 1
The calendar work was included because of the tendency of the
lighthouse keepers to loose track of the day in such remote locations over extended
periods of time. That clock is currently in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh and an
inquiry to the museum revealed that Mr. Clark made a series of twelve of those clocks for
installation in Scotland's lighthouses. A second example is in the headquarters of the
Northern Lighthouse Board also in Edinburgh. There are no other known examples of this
early work by Brameld.
Mr. Brameld did not make an exact copy. In his movement he incorporated a 40 second
spring remontoire, and an escapement pallet depthing adjustment which were absent in
Clark's design; some very minor changes to the frame as well as a cylindrical bob verses
the lenticular one used in Clark's movement. This clock was made very early on in
Brameld's career and in fact there is no earlier recorded example of his work. He later
went on to produce a limited series of table clocks and high quality precision wall
regulators and was awarded a "Certificate of Excellence" by the Worshipful
Company of Clockmakers for one such regulator clock in
November 1987.



Below is the photo from Roberts' book.

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1. Continental and American Skeleton Clocks,
Derek Roberts, pg. 221
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