She is in perfect condition with no damage.ĭimensions 6.5 inches high, 6 inches long. She is then given a light antique protective finish. She has been re gilt to match the gilding on the metal trimmings of the clock, restored to the original antique gold finish, with metal leaf, which retains its luster and will not turn brown (as gold paint does after a couple of years). Key, pendulum bob and wood back cover are replaced.ĭimensions: 11 inches high, 17.5 inches wide, 7.5 inches deep.Ĭlock topper is a Greek or Roman classical woman, dressed in long robes, seated on an ornate bench. Clock strikes hour on a cathedral gong and the half hour on a bell. Clock movement has just been overhauled, worn bushings replaced and 2 new springs installed.
History seems to show that people even paid admission fees to see his automata in action. This showmanship gained his company international prestige and acclaim. A gold quarter repeating watch with concealed erotic automata. The idea was to wheel in a mechanical life-like puppet, impress a rich family, and have them order everything from pocket watches to elaborate table automata from him. Paper time track is original with some aging. Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection. Ornate pierced brass face and brass bezel polished and finished. Has incised gold designs around the face and on the base that in excellent condition.
Ornate handles on each end and ornate feet. Dark green marbleized moldings top and bottom, with 2 green marbleized columns on each side. It was cleaned and restored to original in late 2005 right before we picked it up. This antique Ingraham Black Mantel or Shelf Clock, 8 day time and half hour strike, from about 1900, named Anchor, is in excellent working condition. Vostok Komandirskie mechanical watch with automatic self winding movement. Vostok Amphibia DIVER wrist watch (Scuba Dude), with steel bracelet.
Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.Antique Ingraham Black Mantel Clock w/Topper Vintage soviet mechanical POLJOT with AUTOMATIC self winding movement. I don't suppose that is replaceable when ordering a new crystal? Is it possible that the size would actually be closer to the rounded up 29mm or is it common from the crystals to measure at 1 decimal place like so?Īs to the gold surrounding the crystal, I am relying on an image from Google which isn't the best resolution, but hopefully you can see it. As you can maybe see from the photo I've upload, my digital calipers are measuring on the surface of the inner bezel and recording it as 28.9mm. But how did Andersen get here Let's take a quick tour of more than half a century's worth of independent horology the Danish way to find out, which includes an extravaganza of worldtimers, unusual erotic watches, and even poker-playing dogs. co-founder Svend Andersen had sold his company. Additionally, the crystal appears to have a very fine gold bezel which I am unsure if I can ever replace and if this will change the size required for the replacement. Late in 2015 the news came through that A.H.C.I. Unfortunately, when removed it was not able to keep its shape and now I am unsure of which size to order for the replacement.
#EROTIC AUTOMATA MECHANICAL WATCHES CRACKED#
I've been gifted and challenged with repairing a Citizen 3560-351614 which has (or rather had) a cracked crystal. Note: come to find out while writing this, it was made by eschle reuge I'm Germany, probably around the 50's or 40's. But, my question is, what kind of oil should I use and how should I apply it? I don't have any fancy oils except for a bottle of valve oil for my trumpet at my current disposal, but I would like to buy some decent clockwork oil for this project and a sankyo music box repair I have waiting. His aunt wants it to be operational again, and after opening it up (not yet taking much apart) I have come to the conclusion that it could just use a good cleaning and oiling. For those of you who dont completely know or understand what it is, its basically a spring driven mechanism using bellows and a variable organ pipe to make bird sounds and move a little birdie around and "sing" ( Example of singing bird mechanism working). Just recently, my sister brought home her boyfriends late great grandmothers singing bird in cage automata. I am relatively new to the world of clockwork repair and maintenence, but have done delicate metalwork, mechanism cleaning, and enjoy fixing things.
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