Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1893 — Wonderful German Clock. [ARTICLE]

Wonderful German Clock.

Chicago Herald. One of the curious articles on exhibition is a geographical, astronomical and chiming art clock, the value of which is said to be $5,000. This clock rests upon a pedestal made of American walnut, richly carved and treated in the style of modern rennaissance of the sixteenth century. The clock and pedestal have a height of about eight feet. The front dial is made of ivory, ebony, rosewood and mother-of-pearl. The other dials are made of enamel, the figures and hands of fine gold. Besides the main dial the clock has on either side of the case eight dials which indicate the time of towns: Berlin, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Constantinople, Vienna, Rome, Paris, London, Washington, New York, Philadelhia, Carracas, Buenos Ayres, Quito, Mexico and San Francisco. On the side opposite the main dial there is a permanent calendar movement which indicates the day of the week, the day of the month, the time difference between mean and actual solar time, and the phases of the moon. This movement effects automatically the change of day in leap years. The clock work is actuated by a spring and requires winding once in eight days. It strikes the quarter and full hours. At the striking of every full hour the clock sets in motion a musical movement which plays a different piece every hour. The clock and pedestal are decorated with fifty-four sculptured representations and ornamentations.