Height x Width x Depth = 35 x 25 x 25cm
Eight day rhodium plated fusee movement
Carbon fibre base with drawer
Crystal glass canopy
The three enamel finish dials indicate hours, minutes and seconds separately
Limited Production
Certificate of Authenticity
Height: 14'' (35cm)
Width: 10'' (25cm)
Depth: 10'' (25cm)
A contemporary version of a clock originally made in 1808 that has become a favourite of clock collectors.
The Military Timepiece or Rolling Ball Clock was invented by Sir William Congreve and presented to the Prince of Wales in 1808. The original clock can be viewed at Buckingham Palace.
Congreve was a prolific inventor famous for making the first solid fuel rockets at The Royal Arsenal in Woolwich in 1805 and subsequently used during the Napoleonic wars.
It has been suggested that his clock was created for military purposes, this would certainly make sense because the principle of the mechanism is such that the accuracy is limited to +/- 15 minutes per day.
In effect it is a very robust timing device that would have been relatively easy to transport and set up by the military in the field for the timing of the flight of artillery rocket batteries.
The traverse of the ball along the grooves of the inclined platform regulates the clock by tripping the escapement at the end of each cycle and reversing the slope.
The 8 day fusee movement is hand made from solid brass, rhodium plated and protected by a crystal glass canopy. A carbon fibre base with key drawer and lacquered high gloss piano finish completes the presentation of this superb timepiece.
GPSR Information:
O. Comitti & Son Ltd.
The Clockworks, Four Wantz Corner, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0AH
Großbritanien
Tel.: +441277367670
info@comitti.com