Oct

28

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Seth Thomas Adamantine Mantel Clock With Fully Restored 89c Movement

SETH THOMAS ADAMANTINE MANTEL CLOCK, UNLISTED NO. 2 WITH FULLY RESTORED 89C MOVEMENT. This clock features the patented Seth Thomas Adamantine finish. This is a celluloid finish that in the catalogs is described this way; “the finish is very durable and cannot be scratched or dented by any ordinary usage”. The clock has a fully and properly restored model 89 C movement, one of the many models of 89 movements that were the workhorses of the Seth Thomas line for over 60 years. 2 is shown in Ly’s Seth Thomas book on page 477 as item 1582. This clock strikes the hour on a coil gong and the half-hour on […]

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Sep

30

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Antique Seth Thomas Black Adamantine Mantel Clock 1893 Runs Nicely Time & Strike

Manufactured by Seth Thomas of Thomaston, Connecticut in March of 1893, this is a very nice condition and fully operating example of their classic Black Mantel Clock series, produced in the late 1800’s with their newly adopted cabinet finish process using new materials called Marbeline and Adamantine (soon to both be collectively known as Adamantine), and later destined to become a focal trait sought by many collectors. Selected by it’s already being reference to a particularly hard type of stone and it’s use as a term defining great strength and durability, the name’Adamantine’ would now also refer to the process of essentially “heat-shrink-wrapping” the outer, finish surfaces of a wood […]

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