Antique Australian Cedar Clock from 19th Century
North Adelaide post office, antique mantel/wall clock, single train fusee movement with ornate carved Australian cedar case, dial marked 'Thos. Skinner, high Street, Birmingham', with paper label verso, 19th century, 24.80 in. high
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- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
- Fusee - The fusee movement was used in clocks and pocket watches from the mid 17th century. The fusee is a cone shaped drum within the works that is linked to the barrel of the spring, usually by a length of chain.
As the mainspring loses its tension over time, the cone shaped barrel compensates for this by increasing the tension, by pulling the mainspring tighter, thus ensuring the time remains constant.
Use of the fusee in clocks was superseded by the "going barrel" in the mid 19th century and for pocket watches at the beginning of the 19th century.
The fusee continued to be used in marine chronometers until the 1970s.
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