They are wound once a week by pulling on the free end of each chain to raise the weights.
Wag on the wall clock history.
It is weight driven and uses a wag on the wall pendulum.
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.
A brief history of antique clocks.
I like the way that it looks well of course we can.
Here is a brief video of my black forest wag on the wall clock.
These clocks usually only lost 2 hours a day that was really good for the time they had been used in.
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Wag on the wall definition is a wall clock with pendulum and weights exposed.
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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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But there was a time when almost all clocks were either tower clocks or tall long case grandfather clock clocks.
The list of wall clocks available now would be too numerous to mention.
Wag on wall clocks are very attractive with their visible weights and pendulum.
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Mechanical clocks came into play using a weight that would fall slowly turning the hands of the clocks.