A cast iron industrial time-recording timepiece Blick

A cast iron industrial time-recording timepiece Blick Time Recorders Limited, London, early 20th century The single train going barrel movement with platform lever escapement driving secondary mechanism incorporating four carousels with reverse raised letters for the month, date of the month, hours and minutes positioned against an aperture lined with an inked ribbon to the hinged case top panel, the front with 3.25 inch circular silvered Arabic numeral dial inscribed BLICK, TIME RECORDERS, LIMITED, 174, GRAY S INN ROAD, LONDON, W.C. 1 to centre, with blued steel hands and behind fixed bevel-glazed bezel, the rectangular case with armature fitted with plunger for the printing stamp and brass paper positioning slider to the hinged top panel, the front inscribed BLICK UNIVERSAL beneath the dial, on canted skirt base, 17.5cm (11.75ins) high; with a black japanned thermograph, Negretti and Zambra, London, early 20th century, with inked pointer recording onto a rotating clockwork driven paper-scale lined drum to interior and armature enclosing coiled bimetallic element to the exterior of the rctangulast glazed front case surmounted by a chrome plated carrying handle and with trade plate inscribed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA…, LONDON, 26cm (10.25ins) wide. Provenance: Private collection, Hampshire (The Blick time recorder ref. C23).