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South German, early 17th centuryDepicting a reclining hound with animated eyes and tail, resting next to a dial with I – XII, 13 – 24 silver chapter ring within a gilt bezel calibrated in quarters, a gilt alarm setting disc in the center, pierced blued iron hand to indicate quarters concentric with a similar shorter hour hand with pointer to indicate alarm timeThe movement with rectangular brass plates joined by six steel pillars of square section, three separately wound trains with exposed springs for going and quarter and hour striking, the going train with blued stop work, verge escapement with hog bristle regulation to a massive two arm balance, comma shaped steel cock, two bells mounted in base, striking the quarters on the larger bell by means of a numbered gilt count wheel with pin to trip the nag's head hour detent linked to numbered blued hour count wheel with internal gearing, the alarm train with open spring barrelEyes linked to a snail cam fixed to the crown wheel arbor causing them to flick back and forth with each revolution of the crown wheel. A snail cam is in the striking train for the tail.