Pictures and text compliments of William Mittlestadt.

This is an unusual iron cased Ansonia clock circa 1894 that you don't see very often. It is called "Mechanical Clock"

The thing unique about this clock is the ship's wheel rocks back and forth with the movement of the verge when the clock is running. It sure is an eye catcher when it
is running.

The most common fault to look for when you find this clock is to check if the wheel is original. The original wheel is a brass stamping where as the repro wheels are a casting. With a cast wheel they are hard to keep running as the wheel is too heavy. The other two things
that are often missing are the flag which is a casting and the cover on the wheel housing

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Bill,
Is there any way we could see the linkage between the movement and the wheel?

Tom Seymour
NAWCC #41293
IHC #104
IHC Exec.V.P.

Pictures and text compliments of Bill Mittlestadt.

"There is a shaft going up towards the ship's wheel from the verge that has a perpendicular rod at the top. On the shaft for the ship's wheel are two fine wires which makes a yoke. When the verge goes back and forth the shaft rocks and kicks the yoke wires that make the ship's wheel rock."

Thanks for the pictures Bill.

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