A French white and verde antico marble long-duration world time astronomical skeleton clock of exhibition quality, with full calendar and equation of time Emmanuel Escoubé A Toulouse. Dated 1856 The white enamel Roman chapter ring with finely pierced and engraved gilt-brass hands, blued steel sweep centre seconds, the white enamel equation dial above signed El. ESCOUBÉ HORLOGER A TOULOUSE FECIT , the blued steel arrow head hand indicating to the equation scale calibrated 0-20 Soleil Retarde - 0-20 Soleil Avance , the white enamel year dial indicating the seasons, the twelve signs of the zodiac and the months, the front plate signed below El ESCOUBÉ FECIT 1856 , the left flanking white enamel dial indicating an annular date ring and the days of the week with their deities, the right flanking dial indicating a rolling moonphase, the subsidiary world time dials with white and dark blue enamel 24-hour night and day indications displaying time, longitude and latitude in eight further cities: TAITI 17.29'.21"SUD ; NEW YORK 40.42'.45". ; St. HÉLÈNE 15.55'.0". SUD ; LONDRES 51.30'.49" ; ALGER 36.47'.20" ; ALEXANDRIE 31.12'53" ; St. PETERSBOURG 59.46'.20" ; CANTON 23.8'.9" ; the movement with a central going train with long vertical central brass plates with going barrel and four wheel train terminating in a pinwheel escapement with high quality nine-rod knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum, the planetary world time trains all driven from the centre wheel and all with fifty-four jewelled pivots within screwed châtons, the plates supported on a moulded white and verde antico moulded marble plinth; with a purpose-built perspex stand and casement with mirrored back 20¾in (52cm.) high
A French white and verde antico marble long-duration world time astronomical skeleton clock of exhibition quality, with full calendar and equation of time Emmanuel Escoubé A Toulouse. Dated 1856 The white enamel Roman chapter ring with finely pierced and engraved gilt-brass hands, blued steel sweep centre seconds, the white enamel equation dial above signed El. ESCOUBÉ HORLOGER A TOULOUSE FECIT , the blued steel arrow head hand indicating to the equation scale calibrated 0-20 Soleil Retarde - 0-20 Soleil Avance , the white enamel year dial indicating the seasons, the twelve signs of the zodiac and the months, the front plate signed below El ESCOUBÉ FECIT 1856 , the left flanking white enamel dial indicating an annular date ring and the days of the week with their deities, the right flanking dial indicating a rolling moonphase, the subsidiary world time dials with white and dark blue enamel 24-hour night and day indications displaying time, longitude and latitude in eight further cities: TAITI 17.29'.21"SUD ; NEW YORK 40.42'.45". ; St. HÉLÈNE 15.55'.0". SUD ; LONDRES 51.30'.49" ; ALGER 36.47'.20" ; ALEXANDRIE 31.12'53" ; St. PETERSBOURG 59.46'.20" ; CANTON 23.8'.9" ; the movement with a central going train with long vertical central brass plates with going barrel and four wheel train terminating in a pinwheel escapement with high quality nine-rod knife-edge suspended gridiron pendulum, the planetary world time trains all driven from the centre wheel and all with fifty-four jewelled pivots within screwed châtons, the plates supported on a moulded white and verde antico moulded marble plinth; with a purpose-built perspex stand and casement with mirrored back 20¾in (52cm.) high
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