Monastic clock ( # 1 )

		This is the very first clock I ever built: very simple from a conceptual and constructional point of view. It is a replica of clocks used in monasteries in the sixteenth century. At that time clocks were fitted with just one hand . The escapement is of the folliot type, very reliable mechanically, but very poor timekeeper too . This type of escapement can let the clock to gain or loose even one half an hour in just of one day. Monks were so forced to put it again to time at noon by mean of a sundial on the passage of sun on the local meridian.
The oscillation is changed by shifting the two larger weights along the top rod ( folliot). Two smaller weights are seen in the picture.They are used for fine regulation or at least for aesthetic purpose. The driving weight ( not shown in the pictures ) runs the movement for approximately thirty hours