Jul

11

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SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE WESTMINSTER CHIME MANTEL CLOCK NO 74 nicely restored 1921

This is a beautifully restored Seth Thomas Westminster chiming clock Chime #74 from 1921. The beautiful mahogany tambour style cabinet has been fully restored and presents as it did over 100 years ago. The brass bezel has been hand polished to a shiny luster and has thick beveled glass. The original silvered dial is in good overall condition and shows some blemishes but is in better shape than most of these original silvered dials. The original #113 Westminster chiming movement has been cleaned and properly oiled and keeps very good time. The clock strikes the Westminster chimes on the quarter hour on 4 precision tuned “Mayland” Chime rods followed by […]

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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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