Sunday, 21 February 2016

Huber circa 1897

I bought this clock from a auction house a few years back now. It was a complete example of this clock as it had the early version of the pendulum which is attached by a pin rather than the hook method seen on later clocks.
  It did not run for long but was only due to dried oil in the pivot hole sinks. What made it look really bad was the fact that the clock had been lacquered from new which most had now come off leaving it a jigsaw of bright and dull patches of brass all over the clock.
 After stripping it down removing the old lacquer and cleaning, it was reassembled with a  new mainspring and suspension spring and a new piece of felt on the base. I decided  not  to lacquer it but to polish it with a couple of coats of micro crystalline wax.


Information.
  • Sold by 'F. Zacher & Company' Berlin.
  • Pendulum weight 410grams.
  • Pendulum Diameter 85mm
  • Dial diameter 60mm enamelled .

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