Uhrenfabrik  FRANZ HERMLE, Gosheim (Schwarzwald) / Germany  (1950)
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W = 32 cm / 12_1/2 " ;  H = 22 cm / 8_3/4 " ;  D = 12 cm / 4_3/4 "

There are 3 WINDINGS:
(L) COUNT-OF-HOURS;  (M) CLOCK-WORK (= 8 Days );  (R) GLOCKENSPIEL

Every 1/4-HOUR is a (shorter..longer) GLOCKENSPIEL with 8 HAMMERS.
At FULL HOURS continued by a 3-HAMMERS COUNT-OF-HOURS.

There is a SWITCH on the right side:
QUIET-NIGHT  <=>  CHIME (A)  <=>  CHIME (B)  <=>  CHIME (C)
( Chimes are stored PARALLEL on the HAMMER-ACTION-CYLINDER. )
(A) = Whittington ;   (B) = St.Michael ;   (C) = Westminster

R E M A R K S :

THE (R) GLOCKENSPIEL has to be wound-up more frequently !
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"T H A N K S !"  to the  » ANTIQUE CLOCKS GUY «  found in the WEB,
You may  LISTEN & READ  about the  HISTORY of different CHIMES ...

www.clockguy.com/...

Have a Look at the HERMLE "Open Iron House" Wall Clock ...

H I S T O R I C A L    R E M A R K S :     ( see: WATCH-WIKI.org )
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In 1922 FRANZ HERMLE founded the company in Gosheim/Tuttlingen in
Germany and became one of the leading makers of mechanical clocks.

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© C.HAMANN      http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann        11/17/17