IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167416 accession number: M.229-1973 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Dial: Conventional silvered dial with roman numerals and blued steel spade hands. Behind this dial, a rotat¬ing silvered ring engraved with roman numerals for the hours and carrying 72 equally spaced friction-tight pins, that is one for each ten minutes. This is based on an invention of John Whitehurst of Derby. Movement: 8 day timepiece movement with chain fusee and anchor escapement. Geared winding so that the square is in a bushed hole in the case below the dial. Fitted with a mechanism to depress any pin as it reaches the 12 o'clock position. An operating rod and plunger, now missing, were used to operate the pins from outside the building. Case: Solid mahogany, flat-topped and with floral carving in mahogany on the lower front. 7 inch brass bezel arranged to be secured with a hasp and padlock on the left hand side. Recessed brass lifting handle on top of case. Height without handle 12 1/2 inches. object type: Watchman's clock, with friction-tight pins, based on an invention of John Whitehurst of Derby; 8 day timepiece with chain fuse and anchor escapement. title: watchman's clock LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167416 PEOPLE ------------------- Whitehurst, John CATEGORIES ------ category: clocks DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1850 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1850 culture: 19th Century, Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Anonymous DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 31.8 dimension: Height units: in value: 12½