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  2. Torsion pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism called a torsion pendulum. This is a weighted disk or wheel, often a decorative wheel with three or four chrome balls on ornate spokes, suspended by a thin wire or ribbon called a torsion spring (also ...

  3. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Hermle Clocks (1922–present) Junghans, Schramberg (1861–present) Kieninger Clock Company, initially in Mönchweiler, 1921 new factory in Aldingen (1912–present) Kieninger & Obergfell Uhrenfabrik (KUNDO trademark), Sankt Georgen (1918 - recent) Kienzle Uhren, Schwenningen - Schlenker and Keinzle until c1897 (1883-1996) Franz Ketterer

  4. Kundo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Kundo may refer to: A German manufacturer of torsion pendulum clocks in the early 20th century; Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a 2014 South Korean film; Kundō Koyama, a Japanese writer; Kundo, a deity in the fictional World of Greyhawk

  5. Pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is an approximate harmonic oscillator: It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length, and resists swinging at other rates.

  6. Category:Clocks - Wikipedia

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  7. The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company - Wikipedia

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    According to the Canadian Clock Museum, "approximately sixty-five catalogued models of mantel clock are known, as well as sixteen models of wall clock (with variations) and seven models of grandfather (hall) clock." [8] Rare samples exist of Pequegnat clocks built into a sideboard, or a grandfather clock/gramophone combination. Pequegnat was ...

  8. Ansonia Clock Company - Wikipedia

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    In 1851 the Ansonia Clock Company was formed [2] as a subsidiary of the Ansonia Brass Company by Phelps and two Bristol, Connecticut, clockmakers, Theodore Terry and Franklin C. Andrews. Terry & Andrews were the largest clock manufacturers in Bristol, with more than 50 employees using 58 tons of brass in the production of about 25,000 clocks in ...

  9. Kienzle Uhren - Wikipedia

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    In the 1960s, Kienzle produced dashboard clocks for Mercedes-Benz, Rolls-Royce and Bentley: both Series 1 Silver Shadow, and Bentley T models were fitted with Kienzle clocks. [5] In the 1960s and 1970s, Kienzle became a market leader in Germany. In 1972, the first solar watch, "Heliomat", was produced as well as the first quartz movements. [6]