LAURITZ KNUDSEN, ODENSE. A RARE MONTH DURATION WALNUT REGULATOR WALL CLOCK No. 3 the rectangular glazed case constructed of contrasting grains of timber having a lift-off cover secured to the heavy backboard by four knurled brass bolts enclosing a 10" silvered brass conventional dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring surrounding a subsidiary seconds dial fronting a month duration arched plated movement, almost certainly supplied by Strasser & Rohde, with jewelled pallets and bearings, fine wheel-work and Strasser's canted crutch, the steel jar mercury compensated pendulum has Strasser's ingenious beat setting mechanism fitted to the pendulum rod - Lauritz Knudsen was a talented clockmaker who found the giant Electrical Company LK that still exists today, this clock hung in the LK directors boardroom until recently.

128cm high