Winding key for eight-day pendulum table clock

Made:: 1947-1949 in Bath

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Winding key, for eight-day pendulum table clock with star-wheel magnetic escapement, 1947-1949

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1949-114/3

Materials:: steel (metal) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 7 mm x 52 mm x 45 mm, .15kg

type:: pendulum clock and magnetic star-wheel escapement

credit:: Horstmann Clifford Magnetics Ltd.

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Winding key for eight-day pendulum table clock

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