Interesting Torsion? Clock

[Karl Burghart]

Just got this in to repair. I'm not sure to call it a true torsion clock. The dancers bounce to advance the escapement. It has an oval dome and top I left with the owner. It also has a plug to cover the winding arbor hole. Mainspring looks to be massive. I'm sure it needs power to move the dancers which are very heavy. Also has a music box in the base. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[MartinM]

These do come up periodically. The Dresden dancers and the music box are nice options.
The mainspring is strong enough to unseat the 2nd wheel from its arbor. Don't ask me how I know this.
Be extremely careful with the small flywheel at the top of the clock. The pivots are pretty fragile.
Once removed, I'd suggest not taking that piece apart as it's really hard to get the hairspring within it to be in the correct place on its arbor.

 

[Karl Burghart]

Thanks. I appreciate the advice.