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An early 20th Century Ship's Bell striking Bulkhead Clock
The silvered dial signed Tiffany & Co., Roman hour numerals, brass hands, robust four pillared frames, fusee and chain to both striking and going trains, platform escapment accross the plates (at XII) with three-armed uncut balance with single roller and English lever format escapement wheel and lever, two hammers, one controlled by an assembly sliding along its arbor and which disconnects the lifting arm at each half hour thus preventing that hammer striking the polished steel gong which is suspended from the back plate; contained in large brass case with pierced sides -- 9½in. (23.5cm.) dia
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The silvered dial signed Tiffany & Co., Roman hour numerals, brass hands, robust four pillared frames, fusee and chain to both striking and going trains, platform escapment accross the plates (at XII) with three-armed uncut balance with single roller and English lever format escapement wheel and lever, two hammers, one controlled by an assembly sliding along its arbor and which disconnects the lifting arm at each half hour thus preventing that hammer striking the polished steel gong which is suspended from the back plate; contained in large brass case with pierced sides -- 9½in. (23.5cm.) dia
See illustration