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Instead of using a chime barrel and five hammers, this clock uses a single hammer, which is cotrolled by an intricate cam on the chime count wheel arbor. Behind this cam is a wheel with forty teeth in groups of four with a gap in between. This lifts the hammer while the cam directs the hammer to the correct rod. Note the extra deep notch in the cam at the end of the hour chime sequence, to allow the hammer to move to the hour rod.
This arrangement necessitates the hour strike to be on one rod only, which actually sounds very good.
There is no maker's name on the movement, probably as it is highly experimental in nature, and evidently the long term success of this design was not well anticipated.
Can anyone tell me the name of the manufacturer of this unusual clock?
Sorry the video is slightly blurred. I used the macro setting on my camera and it looked quite sharp when I played it back on the camera screen.
