1860'ish Morbier

Barn auction find

Personalized dial, nice original hands

The pulley at the bottom right with the verge style crown is a weight driven pulley that, when released by the alarm mechanism, drops weights to the floor and kicks wings on that vertical rod to oscillate a light rod in to the 4" steel bell atop the clock.

Escapement

I have no idea what the purpose of the ball on the arm is all about

Two hammers. One is the repeater or prayer hammer and the other is for the alarm.

Paul, if you Google Morbier movement you can find many photos and a lot of information on these clocks. They were made in a region in eastern France for about 250 years as a cottage industry. The movements were originally sold from village to village by clock peddlers who often carried them on their backs. The cases and weights were supplied by the buyers.

Cool, considering my heritage is French/French Canadian

Show us a picture of the pendulum!

Dave,

The mystery has been solved. This clock has no pendulum and no weights with it.

Check out this link to a restored clock with a bit of history mixed in.

http://www.rexophone.com/?p=1109

Cool! I can't wait to see it.

This Morbier went to Dave at cost in appreciation for his sage advise in coaching me through my first live clock auction.

Dave has the movement cleaned up an in running order. He was able to locate a pair of weights and a pendulum he believes to be correct/true to the estimated 1860 vintage on this model.

Now to get the timing/regulation dialed in and find a pair of weights to run the alarm function.

Dave,

What does the polished brass ball on the arm in the upper right do?

That's the strike release.
Best answer I can give you is that it's just a counterweight to balance the portion of the mechanism.
As the time approaches the hour this assembly raises upward and then at the hour and half hour it drops, to activate the strike.

Still fine tuning the old clock. Not sure yet what I'll do about a shelf bracket.

Congratulations Dave. That is a wonderful looking clock. I think you have done a great restoration.