Shortt free pendulum clock

PART OF:: Short free pendulum clock, with cast metal base plate

Made:: 1920-1940 in London

designer:: William Hamilton Shortt

Shortt free pendulum clock, designed by William Hamilton Shortt and made by the Synchronome Company Ltd., 32 and 34 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC, England, c. 1920-1940.

Details

Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1935-126 Pt1

Materials:: wood (unidentified), glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), cast iron and electrical components

Measurements:: depth: 365mm
height: 1660mm
width: 510mm
overall (inc. clock on top): 2220 mm x 463 mm x 360 mm,

type:: clock and pendulum clock

credit:: Synchronome Company Limited

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Parts

Movement plate of the electrical mechanism from the Shortt free pendulum clock

Movement plate of the electrical mechanism, from the Shortt free pendulum clock, by the Synchronome Company Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1920-1940

Materials:: metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1935-126 Pt1/1

type:: clock and pendulum clock

Impulse component of the electrical mechanism from the Shortt free pendulum clock

Impulse component of the electrical mechanism, from the Shortt free pendulum clock, by the Synchronome Company Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1920-1940