Sep
06
RARE EARLYEST, SETH THOMAS #2 OFFICE CALENDAR CLOCK / COUMPOND WEIGHT ca. 1861
The first Seth Thomas Double Dial calendar clocks had a Label Noting. Patents granted to Huntington & Platts 1854, 1857, 1860. Later 1862 was added and the note of Huntington & Platts was dropped. 1860 is when S. Started producing calendar clocks. The rosewood Guilt cap style was the first with the large #1 & #2 Office Calendars and others after. The #1 Office was always a compound weight driven clock. The #2 Office had only the first model being a compound weight driven clock. Where the weight hangs on a pulley not just a hook, and are rarely seen. On these the weight stops on same floor where the […]
