London Brighton and South Coast Railway teak cased 18 inch dial weight driven wall clock.
This is a London Brighton and South Coast Railway teak cased 18 inch dial weight driven wall clock. It is a large and attractive solid Teak cased wall mounted weight driven regulator that was supplied to the LBSCR in at a cost of ÂŁd by Richard Webster of Cornhill St London it spent all of it's railway working life at Streatham Common Railway Station. The Dial was repainted by the Southern and later British Railways Southern Region clock contractor, John Walker of 1 South Molton Street, London post . This type of clock was usually mounted externally hence the need for using Teak in the case construction, the movement has six spoked wheels, deadbeat escapement, Harrison's maintaining power and a deal pendulum rod with a cast zinc cylindrical bob which is suspended from the backboard, this is a impressive clock standing 85 inches tall so can't always fit the modern houses ceiling height ! Offers accepted. Richard Webster of Cornhill supplied just over 350 clocks to the LBSCR between and and most can be recognised by the distinctive shape of the hour hand Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit