A diminutive French time and alarm lantern clock. TT-107.

This clock, a unique miniature example, was crafted around 1765. Its distinctive features include an engraved brass dial treated with a silver wash, measuring approximately 4 7/8 inches in diameter. 

This is a fine miniature gentleman's traveling alarm lantern clock, a rare find in today's market. These clocks were initially made for and sold to upper-middle-class travelers, adding to their exclusivity. They were intended to be taken with them on their journeys. It is thought that they would have been sold with a specially made wooden carrying box. These very rarely survive today. Lantern clocks were designed to be hung from a nail in the wall. This one may have sat on a wall bracket. It is in good condition, with its original crown escape wheel and pendulum. The verge pendulum was almost always used on such clocks. It provided the advantage that the pendulum is attached to the clock, making it conveniently portable. A long pendulum would have been separately attached and would be a real nuisance when traveling. The pendulum fitted to this example is small and hangs from a silk thread.

This is an authentic lantern clock. The applied chapter ring is engraved with Roman hour figures, an interior minute ring, and simple half-hour markers. The center is painted in a dark blue. An engraved alarm disk and a single brass hand complete the dial presentation. The single hand would have been adequate during this period. It was also less expensive to manufacture. The movement is constructed with four steel square pillars with top and bottom steel plates, side doors or dust covers, and a front-facing brass fret. A weight-driven rope drive powers the original verge escapement and the verge alarm hammer.  The alarm strikes on a bell mounted above the clock. The height of this clock determines the length of the run. Most run thirty hours at standard height.

Inventory number TT-107.