Nice Aces!

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From Tilmann von dem Knesebeck of the Atelier Knesebeck in Hamburg comes some preview pictures of the forthcoming TK7, a horizontal "Triple Aces" tourbillon desk clock.

TK7Teil.jpg First we have the cutting of the leaves of a pinion, using 2 lathes. The blue lathe is driving a pinion cutter (a 1 toothed saw) and the shiny chrome lathe is using a dividing plate to equally space the leaves.

TK7Werk.jpg Part of the motion works of the clock, showing the double mainspring barrels. On the nearer one you can see a small cut-out near the center for a maltese-cross type stopwork.

TK7roh.jpg Finally the clock in progress!

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More pictures from Torsten Nagengast of the Knesebeck triple-tourbillon desk clock(earlier reference), showing the growing tourbillon mechanism and the horizontal time display. Time display consists of 2 rings with internal gear-teeth which are moved p... Read More

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