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    J. Cottet, Franche Comté Rosewood Table Clock, 1880 c.

    "A Small-Town Clockmaker's Delusions of Grandeur"

    Franche Comté Rosewood Table Clock

    J. Cottet, c.1880

     

    A large and impressive Franche Comté rosewood calendrical and astronomical striking table clock, 40 inches high. Manufactured in Morez, in the Jura region of France. Though less celebrated today for clock-making than the adjacent town of Morbier, Morez was an important centre of 19th century horology as indicated by the incredible craftsmanship of this clock.
     
    Inset with enamel dials indicating: 25-day Solar rotation; local mean time; day of the week; Lunar retardation; the Epact and the Golden Number; leap years; and letter of Dominical year. World time is shown on a polar-projected map of the Northern Hemisphere with revolving twice XII chapter ring coloured to indicate which part of the Earth is in day or night.
     
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