Clock Mechanism

In 1989, thanks to the Municipality of Mantua, the ancient clock was restored by the precious work of Alberto Gorla, the watchmaker of Rivarolo Mantovano. The mechanism was rebuilt and made fully operational. Gorla himself describes it to us as a complex with a length of 2.80 meters, a width of 2.40 and a height of 1.90.
Following his own words: "The machinery is made up of two trains: the time train and the ringer train, that are placed one next to the other and also near to the astronomical machine."
The watchmaker also says that the driving force is made up of weights that give to the clock an autonomy of 48 hours. But the charging system is automatic. If the watch stops, you must recharge it and record it manually with a manual maneuver that records the exact time of day, month, zodiac, night length, moon phases, and the lunar age expressed in lunar days.
Thus, since 1989 the ancient artifact is again efficient and marks in front of the eyes of the mantovans and visitors the time of the day and the astral time, bringing us almost perfectly at the time of the Renaissance.