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When signed, they usually bear the name on the dial and could be the bronzier's name as well as the retailer's name or the movement maker. A small clock, usually covered by a glass bell, could cost 150 francs and 7.000 [5] francs for the biggest works intended to decorate the halls of palaces and big houses. The total price comprised the work ...
Conservation experts advise clocks need to be serviced regularly. A clock is a complex mechanical contraption made of a variety of materials and with many small moving parts. [10] Even under perfect conditions lubricants deteriorate. Clocks should be examined and re-lubricated every three years.
The clock dial has been dated to either the building phases of 1405 or 1467-83, [27] or to the installation of the Brunner clockwork in 1527-30. [28] Ueli Bellwald notes that the planisphere uses a southern projection, as was characteristic for 15th-century astronomical clocks; all later such clocks use a northern projection.
The dial rotated anticlockwise against a fixed pointer, showing mean time, and could be adjusted if necessary by intervals of 10 minutes of time by sliding out a pinion of 12 teeth that meshed with the 144 teeth of the main dial. On each side of the clock dial was a fixed plate or 'tabula orientii', graduated with months and days of the Julian ...
I honestly cannot think of anything you have missed regarding the care, conservation, and restoration of clocks. You have taken in account the typical media used in the creation of clocks and systematically address the risks for the media individually, as well as the risks inherent in the clock as an object with a specific and repetitive function.
A main part of the clock case was given to Pittington Hallgarth Church in 1847. [3] The clock mechanism was fixed in a blank window. Parts of it were rediscovered in 1936 and Dean Cyril Alington launched a campaign to restore it. Mr. J. Armstrong from London, an expert in paint, was engaged in removing the layers of paint down to the original ...
Classic cars are passion projects, symbols of a bygone era and investments that can pay off handsomely -- but they often come with hidden costs. Whether you're restoring a vintage car as a project ...
The Radium Dial Company was started in 1917 and was in full production of painted dials by 1918. The company was a division of the Standard Chemical Company based in the Marshall Field Annex building in Chicago. In 1920 the company relocated to Peru, Illinois to closer proximity to the clock manufacturer and major customer, Westclox.