Sep

06

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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 […]

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Sep

06

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Antique SETH THOMAS Chime Clock Four Bell Sonora Chime Clock c. A. 1914

Antique SETH THOMAS Chime Clock Four Bell Sonora Chime Clock c. The famous Westminster chime played every fifteen minutes, and the hour struck on our patented resonated bells. Westminster quarter-hour chime on four bells. Cast brass sash, mat and feet. Seth Thomas Clock Co. World War I (1914 to 1919). 1914 – WWI began; 1917. Calvin Coolidge sworn in as the 29th US Vice President. Woodrow Wilson sworn in as President for a 2nd term; 1917 – 18th Amendment passed by Congress; 1919 – 18th Amendment added to the Constitution. Burnt Red / w/dark veins. Mahogany adamantine Case finish. Chime Clock; Catalog 387-A Chime Clock No. 2 1914 Four Bells. […]

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