Ellicott, London. the one-piece shaped silvered dial with shouldered arch to the top and chamfered corners to the base, (measuring 11.25 x 7.75ins) the upper dial for rise and fall regulation engraved 0-60 with outer scale to effect rise-and-fall regulation via an endless screw, the minute band marked in Arabic fives and enclosing the subsidiary seconds dial and curved chamfered aperture for the Roman hours, with three original blued steel hands, secured to the massive movement via four heavy brass latched dial feet screwed to the back of the thick dial, the weight driven movement of massive construction, the plates 3/16ths of an inch in thickness and measuring 8 3/8ths of an inch high (the backplate with additional shaped upper section to accommodate the backcock, so 9 3/8ths of an inch high) by 6.5 inches wide, united by six very heavy knopped pillars with shaped brass latches, the five wheel train with maintaining power and high count pinions, terminating in a delicate deadbeat 'scape wheel of six crossings, pivotted in a back cock mounted with a pair of blued steel-lined cheeks to support the suspension spring held above on a separate, larger, backcock surmounted with the rise and fall gearing, the long steel crutch with rounded impulse pin to the massive bimetallic pendulum with chamfered lacquered brass front section affixed to a corresponding steel rod behind via ten blued steel screws with collets, the 6.5 inch wide lacquered brass lenticular bob supported by a curved sprung support and inset with a glazed central inspection panel revealing the tip of the pendulum rod and the twin steel pivotted levers that allow for fine adjustment on the turning of the twin engraved brass regulation nuts to the side, the tapering solid mahogany case with rounded edges and two locking doors (using the same key), the upper door with shaped aperture for the dial, and an inner removable mahogany mask to allow access to the movement by sliding it forward on its locking seatboard, the lower door with three hinges opening to reveal a pair of sliding shaped brackets to secure the pendulum and cut with a circular aperture to allow the case to be screwed through its base. The later stand comprising two shaped arms of solid mahogany pivotted in the centre and applied with shaped brackets to locate the case above, each arm set on a heavy brass ball with screw thread to affect a level surface. The case 1.38m (4ft 6.5ins) high. Raised on it stand 146cms (4ft 9.5ins)
Ellicott, London. the one-piece shaped silvered dial with shouldered arch to the top and chamfered corners to the base, (measuring 11.25 x 7.75ins) the upper dial for rise and fall regulation engraved 0-60 with outer scale to effect rise-and-fall regulation via an endless screw, the minute band marked in Arabic fives and enclosing the subsidiary seconds dial and curved chamfered aperture for the Roman hours, with three original blued steel hands, secured to the massive movement via four heavy brass latched dial feet screwed to the back of the thick dial, the weight driven movement of massive construction, the plates 3/16ths of an inch in thickness and measuring 8 3/8ths of an inch high (the backplate with additional shaped upper section to accommodate the backcock, so 9 3/8ths of an inch high) by 6.5 inches wide, united by six very heavy knopped pillars with shaped brass latches, the five wheel train with maintaining power and high count pinions, terminating in a delicate deadbeat 'scape wheel of six crossings, pivotted in a back cock mounted with a pair of blued steel-lined cheeks to support the suspension spring held above on a separate, larger, backcock surmounted with the rise and fall gearing, the long steel crutch with rounded impulse pin to the massive bimetallic pendulum with chamfered lacquered brass front section affixed to a corresponding steel rod behind via ten blued steel screws with collets, the 6.5 inch wide lacquered brass lenticular bob supported by a curved sprung support and inset with a glazed central inspection panel revealing the tip of the pendulum rod and the twin steel pivotted levers that allow for fine adjustment on the turning of the twin engraved brass regulation nuts to the side, the tapering solid mahogany case with rounded edges and two locking doors (using the same key), the upper door with shaped aperture for the dial, and an inner removable mahogany mask to allow access to the movement by sliding it forward on its locking seatboard, the lower door with three hinges opening to reveal a pair of sliding shaped brackets to secure the pendulum and cut with a circular aperture to allow the case to be screwed through its base. The later stand comprising two shaped arms of solid mahogany pivotted in the centre and applied with shaped brackets to locate the case above, each arm set on a heavy brass ball with screw thread to affect a level surface. The case 1.38m (4ft 6.5ins) high. Raised on it stand 146cms (4ft 9.5ins)
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