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Horolovar "Mouse Clock", circa 1940?

This clock is basically a smaller reproduction of the original 1910 Dungan & Klump Model 4 "Mouse Clock". The original was 35¼ inches tall and had a pendulum regulated 8-day Sessions movement. This copy is just 24½ inches tall and has an 8-day Horolovar movement with a platform balance wheel (no pendulum). Both the original and this copy had the same basic action - the mouse slowly makes his way up the clock, then at approximately 1 o'clock the mouse slides down the clock striking a bell. The clock does not strike each hour. The movement is especially well made for a novelty clock, although the overall time keeping accuracy is limited due to the rather crude system used to drop the mouse and initiate the start of his next trip up the clock.

A number of copies have been made of the No.4 "Mouse Clock" and this is probably the most common. Although it is clearly a copy, it is an interesting clock and a desirable addition to a clock collection. Estimates are that only about 2000 original Dungan & Klump Model 4s were made, making an original extremely rare. (See the original Model No.2 Dungan & Klump Mouse Clock elsewhere in this gallery for more information about the origan of the "Mouse Clocks".)




Not for sale
(returned to owner after service)

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