A small dial clock having a painted circular dial signed by the Retailer “KLEYSER & Co / 69 High Street Boro / LONDON.” 222140.

The London retail firm of KLEYSER & Co was located at 69 High Street, Borough in LONDON.

This practical clock, known as a “Dial clock” or “Pub Clock,” is very popular in the United Kingdom. Large numbers were produced over 160 years, and later models were widely used in public buildings such as railroad stations, offices, schools, and pubs.

The case is veneered in walnut and has an old, historic finish. The brass bezel holds a glass cover that opens to reveal the flat-painted iron dial, which measures about 9 inches across the time ring—smaller than the standard 11-12 inches. The hours are shown in bold Roman numerals, with boxed minute divisions and triangles marking every five minutes. Steel hands indicate the time. The movement is high quality, made from heavy brass. Four-shouldered brass pillars, secured with screws through the backplate, support the plates. The movement runs for eight days on a full wind. It is a two-train mechanism with a full strike train that strikes the hours on a coil gong inside the case. Both trains use spring-driven fusees. The pendulum hangs from the back of the movement, and the bob has a brass face.

The clock case is 15 inches long. There is an access door on the right side and another at the bottom of the case.

Inventory number 222140.