Wall clock
The machine is a frontal pendol with pallet escapement and hourly chimes. The sphere is vertical made of iron plate. Iron needle. In the year 1748, the Gironella city council will sue Joan Puigferrat for building a new rellotge for the bell tower with the requirement to fill it in the term of two months […]
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In 1748, the town council of Gironella commissioned Joan Puigferrat to make a new clock for the bell tower with the stipulation that he delivered within two months and for the cost of seventy pounds. He was also offered the possibility to stay to live in Gironella and have his living expenses covered by the […]
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