This movement underwent extensive renovation as well as recreation of many missing and damaged subsystems by the firm of Buchanan of Chelmsford. See last photo below for a shot of the movement as originally found.

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This most unusual movement was surely made as a one off presentation piece. It may have been originally a small exhibition tower clock as was another example in the skeleton clock section (see Dent exhibition clock) or a very large domestic skeleton clock. Because of this ambiguity I have included this in both the skeleton and tower clock sections. The hour and quarter strike frames are made of bronze and extraordinarily thick at 1/2" (12.5mm). Wheel work displays classical English design in that the hoops and spoke profiles are relatively thin compared to their width. The other outstanding feature is the very high tooth and pinion counts found throughout. The central going (time) train has six wheels with the following counts: Great wheel 96 teeth, Second wheel 120 teeth and 24 pinion leaves , Third wheel (center)112 teeth and 20 pinion leaves, Forth wheel 96 teeth and 16 pinion leaves, Fifth wheel 90 teeth and 16 pinion leaves, Escape wheel 3 teeth and 9 pinion leaves

The strike trains each have five wheels (including fly). Close examination shows that this movement has either run for a very brief period, or more likely, never run at all. There are also ample signs of attempts at getting this movement to run by later 'repairers' - actually butchers. One half of the gravity escapement impulse system is missing and replaced with a child-like attempt at repair. One the three legs of the escapement has been broken and replaced with a crudely soft soldered piece. The pendulum is missing. Ad-hoc springs were used to make the rack system, which originally required none, to operate. Other tell tale signs of empty holes and repositioned components (very likely the strike flies) shows that this was a one of a kind and work in progress.

If not for the beautiful frame design, and exquisite wheel/pinion work this movement might have been destined for the scrap heap. Instead I have commissioned a master clockmaker, Buchanan of chelmsford, to make the necessary repairs, recreate the pendulum, weights and any other components necessary and do a general renovation to the entire movement. Since this clock has been subject to many changes over the years, and has had no history of or provenance that I can ascertain, I felt free to make more extensive repairs and changes than would otherwise be made.

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