Clockwork: NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO., NewHeaven, Connecticut / USA (~1900)
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Housing: WELCH, SPRING & CO., Forestville, Connecticut / USA (1883)
( W = 12" / 31 cm ; H = 19" / 48 cm ; D = 6_1/4" / 16 cm )
This clock chimes the full hours and runs 8 days with full wind-up:
Left = ChimeWork (clockwise); right = ClockWork (counter clockwise !)
The clock came in desolate state: The face had dents & scratches, the
clockwork wrong mounted, the chime & hammer bent and nothing worked.
After hours of cleaning, oiling & tuning the clockwork was restored.
The housing got a new black cardboard glued on its back side to cover
the damaged areas. The clockwork was mounted as strait as possible,
using existing holes. Instead to make a new face (or find one) it was
decided to show the beauty of its brass clockwork: A RING was made of
BRASS SHEET. The FIGURE-MARKS 3, 6 .. & 1, 2 ... are made of IRON
STRIPS from a cat-food-can and coloured blue/black over a gas flame.
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The RESTORATION of the PENDULUM ...
... FINE TUNING of PENDULUM-LENGHT (= TIME ) is shown on SCALE !
PostScript:
2 ALUMINUM DISCs enhance the visability of the SMALL + BIG HAND ...
(! because of its significance, the bigger disc is on the small hand !)
Another GrandMa Mantel Clock: SESSIONS (1900)
HISTORICAL REMARKS ( also to the WELCH CO. ) found in ...
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http://www.discoverclocks.com/clock_companies.html
The New Haven Clock Company started in 1853. They were incorporated to
produce cheap brass movements for the Jerome Manufacturing Company.
Two years later, Jerome went bankrupt and The New Haven Clock Company
purchased it. The company did well from the mid-1850's into the 1880's
manufacturing complete clocks and also a line of inexpensive pocket
watches, which were produced until 1956. The company made French
clocks, regulators, wall clocks, cabinet clocks, calendar clocks,
figurine clocks, and tall case clocks. NewHaven was one of the largest
clock manufactures in America. Financial trouble finally caused
operations to cease in 1959.
impressum:
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