It has a bell mounted on top and you can set the alarm time by turning the dial indicator on the center of the clock face to the desired alarm time.
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It is weight driven and uses a wag on the wall pendulum.
Wag on wall clocks are very attractive with their visible weights and pendulum.
Here is a brief video of my black forest wag on the wall clock.
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Wag on the wall definition is a wall clock with pendulum and weights exposed.
They are wound once a week by pulling on the free end of each chain to raise the weights.
But there was a time when almost all clocks were either tower clocks or tall long case grandfather clock clocks.
These clocks usually only lost 2 hours a day that was really good for the time they had been used in.
I like the way that it looks well of course we can.
These of course could only be built in tall towers since the weights needed to fall great distances in order to keep time for long periods.
Mechanical clocks came into play using a weight that would fall slowly turning the hands of the clocks.
It has wood plates bushed with brass with traditional brass and steel gears.
At the very early stages of mechanical clock development they were weight driven because of the distance the weights had to travel the clock makers built a very tall case to house their clocks.