Baroque clocks
Verge escapement - daily machine.
Half beat (1/2) - beats every 30 minutes.
Enamel dial.
Signature on enamel above the dial:
Watchmaker Johann Pelz, who worked in the city of Nikolsburg (Mikulov in Czech) in South Moravia.
Polychrome decorations gilded with gold leaf.
Brass, chiseled appliques - decorations.


Verge escapement is a mechanical device that for the first time made it possible to convert continuous movement (driven by a spring) into intermittent, regulated movement, and thus measure time.

Spindle is a popular expression derived from the German word Spindel, which means spindle. Clocks that used it were called "spindle clocks". This is a clock movement used in the Baroque era.