Inv. #: | G112 |
Case: |
The Shitan wood case has finely cut moldings, engraved fabric lined frets, front and rear lift-out doors and a decorative ormolu handle. |
Dial: |
The rotating dial has a turned sunken center, an elaborately fretted steel-cut hand and an engraved, silvered chapter ring with the traditional characters representing two sets of 9-4. Below the dial are the apertures for the sexagenarian calendar and above is a third aperture that shows one of two characters manually chosen by flicking a small pin side to side. |
Movement: |
The one-day movement has turned pillars, elaborate floral engraved circular plates, a brass balance wheel, a fusee on the time side, a going barrel on the strike, a traditional Japanese countwheel and strikes by torsioned hammer on a bell mounted above. The whole sits upon a Shitan wood base with applied moldings and a drawer to keep the key. |
Notes: |
For a similar clock see Mody’s, plate 64. |
Size: |
6.25 in. (clock) 8.25in. (case) |
Retail Price: | On Request |
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