Tower Clock Collection Page Four

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Edward Korfhage & Son, Buer, Germany,  1952 E. Howard & Co., #0, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, c1890's E. Howard & Co., #1, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, c. 1895
Two train, Graham deadbeat escapement, count-wheel, hour strike. Has 60 second differential style gravity remontoire. Electric/manual wind.  16"w x 16"h x 16"d Single train, Graham deadbeat escapement. 9"w x 17"h x 9.5"d. Single train, Graham deadbeat escapement. 55"h x 18"w x 15"d
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John Smith & Sons, Clerkenwell, England, c. late 1800's Johann Mannhardt, Munich, Germany, 1899 Philip Horz, Ulm, Germany, 1900
Two train, Graham deadbeat escapement, rack & snail, half and hour strike.   18"w x 22"h x 12"d Single train, pinwheel escapement. Equipped with electrical impulse that allows it to operate as either a master or slave. 14"w x 24"h x 15"d Single train. Electrical /manual wind. Graham deadbeat escapement. Equipped with 60 second differential style gravity remontoire and gear to drive slave clocks. 16"w x 16"h x 13"d                            
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Unknown, France, c. 1750's, retrofitted by Borrell-Jean Wagner in 1866 with pinwheel and rocking frame remontoire. Louis DeMeire, Ghent, Belgium. Later 1700's. Taman & Cie, Brussels, Belgium. c. 1850's
Two train, birdcage frame originally with verge or anchor escapement. Later retrofit with pinwheel escapement, spring maintaining power and rocking frame remontoire. Two train, pinwheel escapement.  30 hour duration. 18.5"w x 13.5"h x 19"d Two train, pinwheel escapement, rack & snail strike, all brass frame.

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