c.1973 Dent Copy of Strutt Epicyclic Skeleton Clock.

English

Inv. #: e76

Maker: DentOriginally designed by W. Wigston and W. Strutt c.1820.

Circa: 1973

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An early 1970's example by Dent of one of Strutt's epicyclic skeleton clocks.

Dial

The skeletonized dial has white Arabic numbers for the hours, black dots for the minutes and steel cut hands.

Movement

The single fusee movement has heavy chamfered plates with large screwed posts at the ends of the c-scrolls, an anchor escapement, a pendulum with lenticular bob suspended from a steel suspension and adjusted by a rating screw and finely spoked wheelwork with the epicyclic planetary gear at the front.

Ref: For a complete discussion on epicyclic gearing, Strutt and several different copies including Dent's see: 'British Skeleton Clocks', Roberts, pgs. 160-169.

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