A rare 19th century German weight driven unsigned quarter chiming 'Surrerwerk' wall clock with repeat


with 10.75 floral painted wooden Roman dial, the plated wooden movement with a strike train using two graduated cams and quarter hammers, each hammer striking on one of the two graduated bells, a third hammer mounted on the frontplate and activated on the quarters, with trip repeat wire to the right hand side, with pendulum and two later brass weights, 37cms high
|'Surrer' striking is a rare method used occasionally in the Black Forest area. The term relates to the 'whizzing' noise created by the strike train as the pin wheel rotates a full revolution regardless of the hour being struck. The oversized fly mounted on a worm gear creates the evocative background noise. For further information, see Justin Miller, 'Rare and Unusual Black Forest Clocks', Schiffer 2012, page 174.