1740s Musical watches are rare. This one is particularly unusual because it plays on bells rather than steel wire gongs or toothed combs. A pinned barrel operates ten hammers playing on five bells. Archambo has made the mechanism in two layers. John Archambo, London Fusee, cylinder escapement, balance with spring, quarter repeating
aperture=f4.0 focal length: 60.0 mm exposure 1/160 sec ISO: 3200