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- Build
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- Level
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Medieval Verge-and-Foliot Clock
€60.00
A copy of the first mechanical clocks (13th century). The weight drops, the crown wheel pushes the verge, and the foliot swings left and right; a single-hand dial shows the hour. Move the foliot's weights out or in to make the clock lose or gain time. 20 × 15 × 35 cm, 145 parts.
- Parts
- 145
- Build
- 6 hrs
- Level
- Advanced
- Footprint
- 20 × 15 × 35 cm
- Weight
- 580 g
- Glue and battery
- None
Advanced: several axes to adjust together
Batch sold out: the next one is being made in the workshop
- Missing part replaced free
- Ships within 2 business days
- 14-day returns
- Illustrated manual included
Ages 14 and up. Contains small parts.
Medieval Verge-and-Foliot Clock in detail
The story
The first mechanical clocks appeared in Europe at the end of the 13th century, in bell towers and monasteries. They had no pendulum: their regulator was the foliot, a horizontal bar carrying two small weights. They drifted by several minutes a day, but for the first time the hour no longer depended on the sun or on water.
What you'll see move
The weight slowly drops, the crown wheel turns, and the foliot swings left and right in slow, wide strokes. Move the small weights outwards: the foliot slows and the clock loses time. Move them in: it gains. This was the first adjustment in the history of watchmaking.
Specifications
- Number of pieces
- 145 pieces
- Assembly time
- 6 hrs
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Dimensions
- 20 × 15 × 35 cm
- Weight
- 580 g
- Material
- PLA with 30% wood fibre
- Hardware
- Micro-screws and ball bearings included
- Glue required
- None
- Battery required
- None
In the box
- 145 wood-fibre composite parts, ready to assemble
- Micro-screws and ball bearings
- Illustrated step-by-step assembly manual
- No glue and no batteries: everything fits together and turns by hand
14+
Ages 14 and up. Contains small parts: not suitable for children under 3, choking hazard.
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