Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Dolphins by Achille Brocot
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Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock Dolphins by Achille Brocot
About the Item
- Creator:Achille Brocot (Clockmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Style:Baroque (In the Style Of)
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- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1880
- Condition:Repaired: Fully overhauled and tested. Wear consistent with age and use. Original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with hardly any wear or discolouration. Dial is also in excellent condition just some tiny nibbles above the twelve o'clock and a small chip near the 30 which is partially hidden with the bezel closed.
- Seller Location:Belper, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: RSC35141stDibs: LU2496335800052
Achille Brocot
Achille Brocot was a French clockmaker and amateur mathematician. He is known for his discovery of the Stern–Brocot tree, a mathematical structure useful in approximating real numbers by rational numbers, this sort of approximation is an important part of the design of gear ratios for clocks. Several improvements in clock design were attributed to Brocot. He invented the "Brocot Suspension", which enabled time keeping to be regulated by altering the length of the pendulum suspension spring by a key turned in the dial.
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