Wooden clock movement

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A little while ago someone gave me a wooden clock movement, or most of one. It looks like an interesting thing, I think it's one that uses a weight to provide the motive force and a pendulum to operate the escapement. All the moving parts are made of wood.

I'm interested in seeing if I can get it running, assuming that it's mostly there and not just a couple of bits of junk. Has anyone come across anything similar? It looks to me like it might once have been something sold as a kit, to be assembled by someone interested in handicrafts and mechanical things. Someone like me, in that case.

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Thanks VM.
I'm away with work for a while now but when I next get home I'll fish the bits out and see if it's worth saving. I'll post a pic. It's more than possible that half of the bits are missing, we'll see.

I like the sound of a 30 hour movement, with a mechanical pendulum escapement. As you say it's going to be a relatively simple device. Set the period of the pendulum, then sort the gear train. There will be some interesting calculations to be had. I imagine the entertaining bit is going to be getting the escapement to release as planned and not have the thing run away.

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Hmm, I dug out the remains and TBH there isn't much left. There's an escapement but no gear train, and the basis of something that might be persuaded to oscillate, and that's largely it. I'll post up pics this weekend, but I suspect that starting again is the best policy.