The top of the pendulum swings in ball bearing races housed within the grey protective casting behind the brass hand wheel. This is a much sturdier design than the usual thin, flat, steel suspension spring that support most turret clock pendulums.

The brass wheel allows rotation of the bearings to avoid worn spots over long periods of time.

Near the top of the pendulum the counterbalanced lacquered brass driving pawl is pivoted.

The driving pawl pulls the escape wheel round by one tooth on every pendulum swing to the right.

A little further down the pendulum is the Hipp toggle. A free swinging brass latch. When the pendulum arc becomes too small the toggle can no longer fall clear of the Hipp 'V' block. It then presses into the notch in the block. Firmly closing the pendulum electromagnet drive contacts briefly on the next swing of the pendulum to the right. At all other times the toggle rattles freely back and forth across the notched block. The small contacts under the end of the lower contact steady bar suppress sparking at the main contacts using a coil choke.

The newly constructed contacts with Hipp toggle and block.

Lower down we find the hook. Which is a specially shaped, fixed arm jutting from the side of the cast pendulum rod. When the Hipp contacts are closed briefly by the Hipp toggle the rocking armature is drawn strongly to the cores of the power electromagnets.

The roller on the rocking armature pushes on the notch in the hook.

The lower part of the pendulum rod is jointed with two screws and two steady pins to ensure a firm joint. This allows the heavy pendulum bob to be detached from the movement itself. Allowing essential maintenence. Or safe carriage to the site of the clock's installation.

Right at the bottom of the pendulum is the heavy cast iron bob. It is probably unique since no adjustment is necessary for timekeeping with a Waiting Train movement. A seperate electric master clock provides accurate (low voltage) controlling impulses every 30 seconds. These impulses energise the small relay electromagnet of the Waiting Train mechanism. Which (very precisely) re-starts the drive to the clock hands every half minute. In fact the Waiting Train movement can be considered as a simple electric motor pendulum with very accurate external timekeeping control.

The heavy cylindrical pendulum bob weighs about 25lbs or 12Kgs.