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With two opposite-facing hemispherical dials and a torsional pendulum, this clock has stuff rotating in all three principal planes.
The basic movement is essentially a wooden "Anniversary Clock". The pendulum has a 15-second beat! The escape mechanism is a (very much modified) Graham - with lots of lock, and lots of travel.
Like an Anniversary Clock, this piece is unbelievably efficient! That 1" x 5" weight can is almost empty! This runs on 5 ounces! (This is the only clock I've ever built where I had to keep taking weight out to get it to run properly.)
The down side is that pendulum weighs seven pounds!
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In this "straight on" view you can see the hemispherical dials, complete with their curved hands. You can "almost" see the main gearing and the escape. (photographing a dark-wood clock in a dark hall wasn't easy.)
The going train has internally-toothed ("planetary"-type) gearing, so the great wheel-to-escape arbor distance is only 1-1/2 inches. (And all the gears turn in the same direction!)
The dark stripe down the center is the pendulum spring - made from a 1/4" tape measure. It's hard to see, but the pendulum is made of a 6" stainless steel pipe flange and a 4" wooden cylinder filled with lead. The three wooden balls move in-and-out to adjust the period.
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