4174 -
Neoclassical Vienna table clocks
Style:
18. century
Classicism
Neoclassicism
Verge escapement - daily machine.
Quarter beat - 1/4 - beats every 15 minutes.
Chiseled decoration - brass.
Dials - enamel.
This mechanism also has a lunar calendar that marked the phases of the moon. It required precise watchmaking work that only the richest classes could afford.
Signed dial by a Viennese watchmaker.
Verge escapement is a mechanical device that for the first time made it possible to convert continuous movement (driven by a spring) into intermittent, regulated movement, and thus measure time.
Spindle is a popular expression derived from the German word Spindel, which means spindle. Clocks that used it were called "spindle clocks". This is the clock movement used in the Baroque era.