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24th March 07, 10:43 PM
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Close up of the time locks. Actual Clock mechanisms. I enjoy working on these.
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24th March 07, 10:47 PM
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 Originally Posted by Beuth Sim
Close up of the time locks. Actual Clock mechanisms. I enjoy working on these.

The purple coloured dots are what's known as the jewels. Yes they are actuall jewels, hand cut from rubies and hand set into the escapements. these time locks have 21 jewels. Cost of one time lock is around $1000.00, as you can see this one has three clocks.
Last edited by Warlock; 25th March 07 at 01:01 AM.
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