Very serious damage to one’s hands and fingers can be the mantel clocks english oak barley twist german movement result of tampering with mainsprings of mantel clocks. And an entire train of wheels and pinions can be strained, and arbores pushed out of true if spring-driven escapements are not carefully handled. Elementary amateur first-aid can [...]

MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, EBONY BRACKET CLOCK, GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, BRASS GRAVITY CLOCK, BRASS GRAVITY CLOCK
A MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the
13in circular brass dial engraved 5. Hill, Tetley, within a rococo cartouche, the brass movement with turned pillars, the arched hood carved with leaves and flower heads, the
waist with canted sides, similarly carved, 78lin; 199.5cm, [...]

CHAIN FUSEE REPEATING EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, OAK CHIMING CUCKOO BRACKET CLOCK, ROSEWOOD WALL CLOCK, ОAK AND BRASS WATER CLOCK
A  MAHOGANY  WHEEL  BAROMETER,  the
thermometer above a silvered and engraved dial, the case with boxwood stringing, 38in; 96.5cm, with a presentation plaque, c. 1900
А BRASS SKELETON CLOCK with chain
fuses, the silvered dial with roman
numerals, the case pierced [...]

QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK, 18TH CENTURY BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, WOOD WALL CLOCK, ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK, GERMAN ZAPPLER MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A NEUCHATELOISE QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK with a convex enamel dial, the movement with anchor escapement and gong striking with outside count wheel cut for the hours and
quarters, the waisted case with an oval pendulum aper-rure and decorated [...]

18th Century Clocks
While the most significant technical advance in clocks of the 18th century – the introduction of the pendulum – had been the achievement of the Dutchman, Huygens, it was the English clockmakers, led by Thomas Tompion, who in the remainder of the century took the greatest strides in the development of accurate timepieces.
The [...]