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Mechanism of turret clock with verge escapement
    • Setting:
      Interactive Rooms
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      late 16th cent.
    • Inventory:
      3585
    • Place:
      Central Italy
    • Mechanism of turret clock with verge escapement (inv. 3585)

Unlike domestic clocks, turret clocks have the dial and the chime mechanism separate from the clockwork, which is enclosed in a forged iron cage. At least up to the mid-17th century, the mechanism had to be periodically adjusted to match the time indicated by a sundial. This clock has clockwork with verge escapement and pendulum regulator.

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