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Clock No. 241 - Dwarf Serpentine Austrian timepiece Clock No. 241 Purchase Price SOLD Weights 1 Length 30 inches Wall Stabilizers Original case Condition 1 Winding Key New with brass handle Mechanism Clean and running Mechanism Mount Wood seat board Beat Scale Original Pendulum Zinc backed   Clock 241 Detail - hand Dial Interior     This faux-finished piece is in very nice to excellent condition with a beautiful deep maroon finish that on this clock tends towards black. Sympathetically restored, this case has had been brought back to excellent condition without trying to make the clock look new. It is so important that these pieces not be "over restored", or made to look like they were made yesterday. To my eye, a well done restoration first and foremost stabilizes the clock, replacing finish that has been damaged, making sure that all the joints are firmly glued with appropriate glues. But, the goal is not to make the piece look new – so it is very important that the grain of the wood, and some of the slight finish flaws are left – to both reflect the age of the piece, as well as maintain the "life" of the piece. The easiest way to draw a parallel is the "distressed" marks that are added to new furniture to make it look old. How much nicer to fine an original piece, in good condition, with those signs of life preserved in their original form! This is a clock you will be able to hang when you receive it, enjoying it immediately: Even the mechanism is clean – in fact, the clock is running behind me as I type. What is a dwarf? To me it is a clock with a dial and a pendulum bob that are larger than one would expect for the length of the case. And this clock is an excellent example with its 7.5-inch dial, 5.5-inch bob, 30-inch case, short, fat little weight that is only 3.25 inches long: It looks so cute, but definitely has different proportions from the classical Vienna Regulator. Note the very delicate and quite unusual minute hand - look closely and you will note that the minute hand tip is pierced, or cut out. This is the kind of detail that the collector in me loves to find, the signs of the individuality of the maker – if you will, the distinguishing marks that differentiate a clock like this from the factory-made German clocks. If you look very very closely you will see a pair of very faint hairline cracks between the 4 and 5: Yes, I have to point out any flaw I find, but in reality the dial really does look perfect. The pendulum bob is zinc backed with one very slight ding, and the weight is short and also in great shape. If you want a very nice but small clock, one that is in very nice shape, ready to hang and enjoy... Caveats: One side glass looks like a later replacement. If this bothers you I will replace it with old glass out of my inventory.