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Christian Bernardet is a clockmaker since 1970...

 

He repairs old comtoise clocks,

he is interested in church clocks, and astronomical clocks,

and recently he made a new series of clocks : tellurians, lunariums, or orreries.

You will find below a photo gallery of five such devices.

 

Mechanical tellurion 1 - 2006 - not for sale- Power part : antique church clock

 

 

Detail of Tellurion 1 : Lunarium 1 - 2007

Diameter of globe : 16 cm - Diameter of the moon : 4 cm

 

Mechanical tellurion 2 - 2007 - price 14000 euros VAT incl. (delay on ordering : about 6 month) - Power part : movement made by C.Bernardet

Dimensions : movement 39 x 42 x h60 cm - movement+tellurion : 39 x 100 x h150 cm

 

Detail of Tellurium 2 : Lunarium 2 - 2007

Materials : brass (decorations) - steel - tin

Diameter of globe : 16 cm - Diameter of the moon : 4 cm

 

Study for a mechanical lunarium based on a comtoise clock movement- 2006

Bell - Earth - Moon

 

Detail of movement - Caracteristics : - wheel for hours and minutes ; - days of the week ; - date of month

Materials : brass and steel

 

Mechanical globe - 2007 - price 15000 euros TTC on order

Dimensions : 60 x 60 x h120 cm - Weight : about 40kg

 

Detail of the globe

Materials : brass, copper and steel

Diameter : globe 35 cm - Weight : 4 kg

 

Study for a mechanical orrery - 2007

Dimensions : 18 x 31 cm

Detail of gears

Materials : brass and steel

 

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