Mystery use

Mysterieuse with a clockwork hidden in the frame

Mysterieuse ( French: mysterious ) is a support clock in various designs with initially undetectable drive for the hands or the pendulum . The mostly very small movements of these clocks are cleverly hidden, for example in a pointer or on the edge of the case. Such types of clocks often have a transparent glass face. The Mysterieuse were very popular in the 19th century.

Swing pendulum clock from Junghans around 1895

Another well-known design in which the clock and pendulum form a structural unit is the "swing pendulum clock", which was manufactured by the Junghans company, among others . Junghans offered the clock with different bases: There was an elephant, a shepherd boy and two different young women. These metal figures carry the support points on which the whole pendulum clock swings. The clocks were made between 1890 and 1910.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerhard König: The clock (history - technology - style). Koehler & Amelang Verlag, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-7338-0065-6 , p. 282.
2. ↑ Fritz von Osterhausen: Callweys lexicon. Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7667-1353-1 , p. 218.