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The clock is 21.5 cm high and 10.6 cm wide. It is a spring-loaded mechanical clock equipped with an alarm function. The clock utilizes the most advanced mechanical technology available at the time of its manufacture. It has a gilt bronze box with a domed top and doors on the left and right sides. The doors and back are engraved with lines depicting a view of a fortress from an gothic style arched gate, and the domed upper surface is overlaid with openwork metal fittings in a wave pattern. The clock has a silver bell inside. The circular dial on the front is gilt brass with an integrated silver scale ring.The dial is marked with Roman numerals from "I" to "XII". An inscription featuring an anthropomorphic expression in a mixture of Spanish and Latin, "HANS・DE・EVALO・ME・FECIT EN MADRID・A・1581", meaning "Hans de Evalo made me in Madrid in 1581," is engraved on an oval plate tacked to the bottom of the dial. This inscription has been considered unquestionable, but in 2014, another inscription, "NICOLAVS DE TROESTENBERCH ME FECIT ANNO DNI 1573 BRVXELENCIS" ("Nicolaus de Troestenberch made me in Brussels in 1573 A.D."), was found underneath a nameplate on the bottom, which reads "1581".The clock has a portable box, which is made out of what appears to be cedar wood with leather attached. The box has a round glass window so that the time can be read even when the clock is stored. The upper plate of the box, which serves as a lid, is a semi-circular sphere that matches the dome of the clock. The handles on the box have been lost, but their metal fittings remain.
Latin alarm function brass silver openwork anthropomorphic Roman numerals Brussels Madrid domed clock spring-loaded gothic style