ID unmarked mantel clock movement.

[lucho500]

Greetings All,
I am looking for information about who manufactured this unmarked mantel clock movement?
Thanks and best regards.
Luis

 

[shutterbug]

That's a new one on me. Most of the chimers come from Germany, but that one I'm not so sure about. It looks old, but the balance looks more like an afterthought.

 

[Kevin W.]

I have a similar movement in a Forestville mantel clock, mine has this type of escapement as well.I believe mine is original.

 

[Albra]

Greetings Luis,

compare the measures: 130 x 130 mm, distance 37 mm = URGOS

albra

 

[soaringjoy]

I agree, it's a typical Urgos set-up.
Around the later 1930s, quite a few German makers started to offer mantel clock
movements with a choice of a pendulum or platform / pin pallet escapement.
The thought was about transportation - it had become fashionable to place tambour
style clocks on the top of a living room closet instead of on a buffet or mantel piece.
A pendulum type movement would have been troublesome for that.

Here's the "normal" pendulum type movement to compare with.

 

[lucho500]

Hi,
I think you are rigth.
Dimensions are exactly as Albra said and i found this video of a pendulum movement (like Jurgen pic) wich is very similar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUodqz2TKcc
Regarding escapement i saw the same in a Kienzle, i think same age.
Thank you to all and best regards