Black Forest Surrer
Movement: Metal spindle movement with brass wheels and Black Forest hook movement in frame construction. Surrer striking mechanism (quarter-hour strike with repetition of the past hours) on two gongs, wound by chains and weights. The name came about because of the intense buzzing sound when the percussion mechanism runs.
Case: Slightly curved fir wood shield with round arch, dial with Roman hour and minute lines, floral bouquet in the arch, black columns with vines on the sides.
Hands: Black Forest brass hands.
Manufacture: 1860s
