Japanese house clock with extra striking hammer

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Japanese house clock with extra striking hammer
Manufacturer	(unknown)
Production years	19th century
Production location	Japan

A Japanese house clock is a mechanical clock made to tell traditional Japanese time.

This clock is provided with a special striking arrangement whereby the last two strokes occur in quick time to indicated that the clock has finished striking, thus reproducing mechanically the manner in which the time signals were formerly struck by hand.

[edit] How it works

To obtain this special action, there is an extra striking hammer, operated by a series of pins mounted on the count wheel, which gives the final strokes. In other respects the clock is similar in general to the iron clock exhibited adjacently, except that it has brass plates and wheels, and a dial rotating behind a fixed pointer. It was probably constructed early in the nineteenth century.

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[edit] In the Science Museum's Records

Inv. No: 1930-660