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Lot Essay
ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased at Sotheby's, London, October 30, 1964, lot 14, by Malcolm Gardner.
Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks:
This clock is in many ways similar to his skeleton clocks with pendulum controlled detented escapements. The dials are virtually identical with large seconds ring at six o'clock; the fusees also are mounted high up with a long run of the chain from the barrel. A wood-rod pendulum is employed with adjustable brass plates fitted to either side where the pins of the gravity arm engage. A refinement not usually found on gravity escapements is the adjustable weights provided at the top of the gravity arms. A further improvement is that the bottoms of the arms may be adjusted merely by slackening-off the locking screw, which greatly simplifies the setting up of the clock as on most longcase regulators employing a gravity escapement the arms have to be bent.
Purchased at Sotheby's, London, October 30, 1964, lot 14, by Malcolm Gardner.
Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks:
This clock is in many ways similar to his skeleton clocks with pendulum controlled detented escapements. The dials are virtually identical with large seconds ring at six o'clock; the fusees also are mounted high up with a long run of the chain from the barrel. A wood-rod pendulum is employed with adjustable brass plates fitted to either side where the pins of the gravity arm engage. A refinement not usually found on gravity escapements is the adjustable weights provided at the top of the gravity arms. A further improvement is that the bottoms of the arms may be adjusted merely by slackening-off the locking screw, which greatly simplifies the setting up of the clock as on most longcase regulators employing a gravity escapement the arms have to be bent.