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Antique clock! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by capybeby@sh.itjust.works to c/Horology@lemmy.ca
 

I recently came into possession of this beautiful clock! I don’t know anything about it unfortunately and the hourly gong mechanism appears to have slipped, but it keeps time!

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[–] cdegroot@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

Gorgeous thing. Is that mercury in the glass tubes in the pendulum?

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Beautiful machine!