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David Walter Double Pendulum Table clock
David Walter has done another of his marvelous reconstructions of a historical clock.
Here his press release with following photos:
Here are the photos
of my just completed Double Pendulum Table clock, Bill Taylor
took the great photos.
This is an emulation of
the Janvier clock currently on display at the Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva and
is the first time that the justly famous Janvier clock has been
recreated.
Features;
The Double Pendulum Table
Clock has two independent trains and escapements each with its own
half second pendulum, the clock sits on a mahogany base edged with ebony
and has a brass and glass cover with an opening front door. The blue steel hand
and the gilt hour hand indicate local time from train and Pendulum 1, while
the gilt minute hand is set to indicate time at your home meridian from
train and Pendulum 2.
Two gridiron
pendulums each with Janvier style bobs suspended above the movement
on the brass arch
Two separate trains each
has its own pivoted detent, constant force escapement
Each pendulum is impulsed
below the bob, a platform fitted below the pendulum bob houses the jeweled
pivoted detent and the impulse pallet
The escapement is a
Berthoud pivoted detent type
Each pendulum is fitted
with a fine regulating slide with two of the steel rods
marked as vernier gauges.
The main center dial
is fired enamel
The left and right dials
indicate the seconds for each train
The pivots of
both trains and the pivoted detents are jeweled
The pivoted detent
platforms, all of the bridges and cocks are matt finished in the
English manner
The base has a drawer on
the right hand side to hold the marked DW winding key and the
special regulating bar.
Four leveling screws with
locking nuts are to accurately level the clock
A plumb bob is
supported at the rear of the movement by a "Y" shaped steel
frame
The movement is held in
place to the pendulum support arch by steel latches
The four paterae at the
upper corners of the arch are marked .925 solid silver and gold
plated
All brass parts have been
polished, grained or matted and gold plated
The enamel dial is
signed; D. Walter Homage a' Janvier
The back plate is
engraved D. Walter. Santa Barbara
The "D" and the "W" on
the left and right hand silvered seconds dials are the owners
initials
Dimensions;
Height including
the cover; 32 1/2 inches
825mm
Length;
Depth;
David Walter Double Pendulum Table clock
David Walter has done another of his marvelous reconstructions of a historical clock. Here his press release with following photos: Here are the photos of my just completed Double Pendulum Table clock, Bill Taylor took the great photos. This is an emulati...
Has to be one of the most beautiful clocks I have ever seen.
Hello Thanks for sharing! Kind regards Anthony
I agree with tick tock doctor...
... a truly beautiful piece! Some doubts, those more knowledgeable could enlighten me :-) 1) I wonder why the local time has hands in different colours. Wouldn't it be clearer to show the local time with gilt hands and the home meridian time with a blue h...
