ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLOCKS

This clocks name is Grasshopper. It is so called because it started off life as a grasshopper escape clock with glass plates. I thought it would be neat to build a Grasshopper escapement clock, but the clock took way too much power to run and the glass plates looked real tacky!
There were several design changes and plate shapes the I went through before I found the style I was looking for and in the end 6 years had gone by
I did't work on it all the time....I can't even say that I worked on it part time. It just sat in a box waiting for insiration.
The movement is a 10 day fusse with maintaining power and wind indication. The compound pendulum beats seconds and has a swing of less than 1/4 inch.
The case I made with vigor. The wood working went real smooth... tho the wood (Bobinga and Brazilian Rosewood) cost a fortune... $600 !!!!
There is no hinge for the door. I did not want an ugly pair of hinges hanging out the side of the clock... So I desined the right pillar to be attached to the glass and pull out the side of the clock to wind and set the time.

This is a Chronomenter escapement model. It's purpose is not to tell time... but to show how an Earnshaw chronometer spring detent works.
The whole movement will run for a couple of hours on a wind and is compleatly ball bearinged and jewelled on the ballance wheel.
I decided to make this because I thought it would be cool!
It really did turn out to be one of the cooler things that I have made recently..... it is also one of the only things that I have compleately finnished recently.

This is a full fledged astro regulator movement that I made. The main wheel is ball bearinged and the plates are 1/4 inch thick. It has a dead beat escapement with a beat adjust on the pallet arbor. As of now, I have not made a dial yet, but I have already drafted a english regulator case for it. I just have to make it one of these days.