the case with ogee cornice over six glazed panels to a concave moulded base with carved surround, the rounded front corners and interior backboard inlaid with brass stringing, the 8.5 inch silvered Roman dial with subsidiary seconds and outer minute track, the blued steel hands with interlaced oval terminal points (the minute counter-poised), framed by a heavy cast and engine turned brass bezel, the movement secured to the case via four keyhole-shaped bayonet mounts on a brass plate and protected from ingress of dust and dirt by three brass-framed glazed covers screwed into the substantial rectangular plates, the going train of six wheels, each with steel endstops, with deadbeat escapement to an ebonised wooden rod pendulum suspended from the backboard and with a large brass lenticular bob , the brass 2-inch long barrel sitting on a roller bearing and mounted on a heavy brass bracket set to the rear of the backplate in order to take the rectangular weight behind the false case backboard, 1.65 (5ft 5ins) high.