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Movement, dial and alarum from a monstrance clock; verge escapement with balance; spring-driven; striking-trains for 1-12 or 1-24 hours as required and for the quarters; separate alarum and dial above the main dial; dial (reading outwards from centre): blued-steel minute hand; astronomical indications; indications read from hour hand for Italian, Nürnberg and Babylonian hours; chapter-ring; calendar; chapter-ring; outer ring; back of movement with six dials (clockwise from top): (1) regulator; (2) last hour struck; (3) change over lever for 12 or 24 hours; (4) last quarter struck; (5) setting for Nürnberg hours and sun in zodiac; (6) days of week; twenty-four hour striking controlled by blued steel ring let into back-plate; original metal case replaced by 'Boulle'-type wooden case.
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