David Walter’s Double Pendulum Table Clock is an emulation of the Janvier clock currently on display at the Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva and is the first time that the justly famous Janvier clock has been recreated.
The Double Pendulum Table Clock has two independent trains and escapements each with its own half second pendulum, the clock sits on a mahogany base edged with ebony and has a brass and glass cover with an opening front door. The blue steel hand and the gilt hour hand indicate local time from train and Pendulum 1, while the gilt minute hand is set to indicate time at your home meridian from train and Pendulum 2.
Double Pendulum Table Clock Features:
Two gridiron pendulums each with Janvier style bobs suspended above the movement on the brass arch
Two separate trains each has its own pivoted detent, constant force escapement
Each pendulum is impulsed below the bob, a platform fitted below the pendulum bob houses the jeweled pivoted detent and the impulse pallet
The escapement is a Berthoud pivoted detent type
Each pendulum is fitted with a fine regulating slide with two of the steel rods marked as vernier gauges.
The main center dial is fired enamel
The left and right dials indicate the seconds for each train
The pivots of both trains and the pivoted detents are jeweled
The pivoted detent platforms, all of the bridges and cocks are matt finished in the English manner
The base has a drawer on the right hand side to hold the marked DW winding key and the special regulating bar.
Four leveling screws with locking nuts are to accurately level the clock
A plumb bob is supported at the rear of the movement by a “Y” shaped steel frame
The movement is held in place to the pendulum support arch by steel latches
The four paterae at the upper corners of the arch are marked .925 solid silver and gold plated
All brass parts have been polished, grained or matted and gold plated
The enamel dial is signed; D. Walter Homage a’ Janvier
The back plate is engraved D. Walter. Santa Barbara
The “D” and the “W” on the left and right hand silvered seconds dials are the owners initials
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Dimensions;
Height including the cover; 32 1/2 inches 825mm
Length; 17 1/2 inches 445mm
Depth; 11 inches 280mm