YEAR DURATION CLOCK

Clockmaker: Jacob Hitzinger (1794 Vienna-1861 Vienna)

Date: Vienna, ca. 1835

Measurements: H 180 cm

Signature: Jacob Hitzinger in Wien

Description: duration 1 year

Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, lift out front door, enamel dial with blued steel hands. Wide engine turned gilded bezel, three plate movement, unusual location of escape wheel to enable a centre sweep seconds hand, which can be partly viewed via a cut out on the third plate, Graham escapement, compensated pendulum with knife edge suspension, oval weight.