Calendrical mantel clock with half-hour striking - Lot 19

Calendrical mantel clock with half-hour striking signed 'Ch. Oudin Horloger de la Marine, Palais Royal Marine, Palais Royal 32', circa 1860. Pendulum clock with two movements one above the other in a brass cage glazed on all five sides; white enamel dials, including the one showing the time (slight visible Brocot escapement, the other underneath with a zodiac calendar, the names of the months in in Roman letters, the names of the signs in italics with their symbols in red and a scale for the equation of time. of time; auxiliary dials for day of week and calendar day, leap year and moon phase subdials apertures; blued-steel hands, the central one simultaneously the month and equation simultaneously; steel-rod balance with flattened lens and Brocot suspension. H. 43 cm; W. 24 cm; D. 19 cm. Interesting clock incorporating escapement, suspension suspension, and a version of the Brocot