Часы “Павлин“ в Государственном Эрмитаже

Peacock clock horloge du paon Ermitage museum St Petersburg 18th made by James Cox an english clock maker and sold to Potemkin (favorit of the queen Cahterine the great) in spare parts. It took 9 years for a russian mecanic Ivan Kulibin to put them up together again. Well worth it. It works only once a year during the withe nights in June to preserve the mechanism so you have very few chance to see it work. But what a treat then ! Made of guilded bronze silver & glass, height 3 meters. The dial of the clock