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Eight-day duration bell-striking turret clock
An eight-day duration bell-striking turret clock movement by Gillett and Co. Croydon, circa 1888.
The twin train movement is mounted within a signed and dated cast iron flat bed and has a double 3-legged gravity escapement, zinc tube type temperature compensated pendulum and countwheel system striking the hours on a ship’s bell from the museum collection. The clock is now fitted with an electrical automatic winding system.
The double 3-legged gravity escapement was designed by Denison (later Lord Grimthorpe) and is also used on the famous Great Westminster Clock.
This clock was installed in the tower of the Roupell Park Methodist Church, Tulse Hill, SW2 in 1888 and drove four dials until 1967 when the church was demolished.
The twin train movement is mounted within a signed and dated cast iron flat bed and has a double 3-legged gravity escapement, zinc tube type temperature compensated pendulum and countwheel system striking the hours on a ship’s bell from the museum collection. The clock is now fitted with an electrical automatic winding system.
The double 3-legged gravity escapement was designed by Denison (later Lord Grimthorpe) and is also used on the famous Great Westminster Clock.
This clock was installed in the tower of the Roupell Park Methodist Church, Tulse Hill, SW2 in 1888 and drove four dials until 1967 when the church was demolished.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0110 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Turret clock |
| Display location: | Display - ROG |
| Creator: | Gillett & Co. |
| Date made: | 1888; c.1970 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1570 x 1050 x 600 mm |
| Parts: | Eight-day duration bell-striking turret clock |