Deutsch: 8-Tage-WerkEnglisch translation: 8-day clock or 8-day movement 
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Tech/Engineering - Maschinen/Maschinenbau / type of clock | | Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: 8-Tage-Werk | | I am at a loss. Anyone familiar with this term, and whether there is an appropriate English translation for it? |
| | | 8-day clock or 8-day movement | Erklärung:
I assume this relates to clock weights. You talk about 1-day clocks or 8-day clocks depending on how long they can go between being wound. This also affects the mechanism and size of the weights.
"Gilt Mortar clock
8 day clock in the shape of a Napoleanic wars mortar. c1870. On original alabster base."
"Wooden French Lyre clock
8 day movement striking at the hour and half on a bell, with pendulum high at the top of clock. Ebonised wooden case with ormolu adornments. c1870" |
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 Alison Riddell
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| 8-day clock or 8-day movement
Erklärung:
I assume this relates to clock weights. You talk about 1-day clocks or 8-day clocks depending on how long they can go between being wound. This also affects the mechanism and size of the weights.
"Gilt Mortar clock
8 day clock in the shape of a Napoleanic wars mortar. c1870. On original alabster base."
"Wooden French Lyre clock
8 day movement striking at the hour and half on a bell, with pendulum high at the top of clock. Ebonised wooden case with ormolu adornments. c1870"
Quelle: http://www.chelseaclocks.co.uk/antique_french_clocks.asp
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