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Skeleton Clock Restorations

Click on the first photo to go to the restoration pages for that
clock.
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Maker, Paul Pouvillon, Nogent-sur-Oise, France 1929-1939.
Two train, weight-driven, pinwheel escapement, one second wooden rod. Count
wheel strike. Fifteen day duration. This clock is extraordinary on many
levels. It is considered to be the most complicated clock made up to that
time and I believe to still be the most complex for its diminutive size. It
has over 40 complications packed into a very small space including an
ecclesiastical computer; something only a handful of clocks ever made
exhibit. Movement 20"h x 6"w x 6"d, overall, with base 50"h.
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Maker, Unknown, c. 1850's, USA. Three
train, brass and bronze hybrid flat bed frame design. Hour strike using rack
and snail system with quarter strike using a count wheel. Jeweled four
legged gravity escapement using jeweled anti-friction wheel impulse rollers.
Mercury compensated pendulum. Eight day duration (three day in current
configuration). 27"w x 22"h x 11.25"d.
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Maker Julien Gourdin, Mayat, France, c. 1840's. 6.5"w x
11"h x 4"d net of base and dome. A miniature based on the Gourdin company's
full sized
tower clock designs. Three train with count wheel 'bim-bam' quarter
strike and hour on separate bell. Graham deadbeat escapement with depth
adjustment. Equipped with a Wagner style swinging frame remontoire with 10
second period. One-half second gridiron pendulum with Elicott compensation
system. Five wheels in strike trains, six in going train. One month
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