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- Bracket_clock comment "A bracket clock is a style of antique portable table clock made in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term originated with small weight driven pendulum clocks (sometimes called 'true bracket clocks') that had to be mounted on a bracket on the wall to allow room for their hanging weights. When spring-driven clocks were developed, which didn't require hanging weights to power them, they continued to be made in the bracket style.".
- Q2350836 comment "A bracket clock is a style of antique portable table clock made in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term originated with small weight driven pendulum clocks (sometimes called 'true bracket clocks') that had to be mounted on a bracket on the wall to allow room for their hanging weights. When spring-driven clocks were developed, which didn't require hanging weights to power them, they continued to be made in the bracket style.".