General Information

Serial #

14047

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN CLOCK CASE; METAL WORKS & HANDS; PAPER CLOCK FACE; GLASS BEZEL OVER FACE AND WEIGHT COMPARTMENTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.0 cm

Width

11.0 cm

Height

55.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Clocks

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Waterbury

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Waterbury

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MODEL OF CLOCK MFD BETWEEN 1897- 1930, AND USED DURING THAT PERIOD AND LATER.

Canada

WATERBURY CLOCK CO. OPERATED SALES OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE USA, AND IN TORONTO, ONT. AND LONDON, ENG. THIS PARTICULAR CLOCK MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN A CP RAIL OR TELEGRAPH OFFICE. (REF. 2)

Function

TO MEASURE AND VISUALLY INDICATE THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF 10-INCH ARION 8-DAY SPRING-TIME CLOCK, A VERY POPULAR MODEL MFD BY THE WATERBURY CLOCK CO.BETWEEN 1897 AND 1930.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "Waterbury" and "MADE IN U.S.A. BY WATERBURY CLOCK CO." printed in black on clock face. Hour designations indicated in Roman numerals. " Eight-Day Spring Time/ 10 Inch Arion/ Made in U.S.A. " printed on label at top of clock back. "710650" handwritten in red pencil on label. Second, larger label, below reads in part " MADE IN U.S.A./BY/ WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY/ WATERBURY, CONN./ 215 W. Randolph St.,/ CHICAGO./ 137 Centre St.,/ NEW YORK/ 31-33 Wellington St. East,/ TORONTO./ 150 Post St.,/ SAN FRANCISCO./ Kingsway, W.C.2,/ LONDON./ 14047/ Directions for setting this clock running and keeping it in order...." Continued in supp. info.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

SMALL GLASS WINDOW OVER PENDULUM HOUSING HAS BEEN PAINTED DARK BROWN/BLACK, WITH A GOLDTONE BORDER AROUND CLEAR OVAL CENTRE.