This clock was just purchased as part of the liquidation of a 60 year collection of eclectic items. It has a Chelsea movement, SN #106224 , which dates it to the year 1916, give or take a year. As far as I can tell, everything is original to this clock except the key.It was apparently made for the George Lawley & Son Corpn. of Neponset, Mass., whose nameis impressed into the upper portion of the dial. I believe George Lawley & Son was a ship maker, so everything fits. The name Crosby Steam & ValveCo.\'s logo is impressed into the lower part of the dial. The number 00767 is impressed into the extreme bottom of thedial, whichI think is the serial number assigned to the clock by the Crosby Steam & Valve Co.

The best I can tell,since the Crosby Steam &Valve Co, already made steam gauges, they probably made their own cases into which they installed Chelsea movements,so that is why the Chelsea movement serial number doesn\'t appear on the outside of the case,as is the case with most Chelsea clocks. In other words, this must be a hybrid, but everything appears all original, so I think this is the way it was actually made and supplied to the market in 1916. This also makes this a pretty rare clock.

This clock has the larger 6\" dial. The outercase measures 7 1/4\" in diameter while the thickness is 2 3/8\". The glass measures 5 3/8\" to the inside edges of the bezel. This is a very heavy and thick brass case with a pushbutton side latch toallow opening the front bezel similar to many earlier Chelsea clocks. There is a sub-second hand dial as well as a slow/fast adjustment on the front panel. Everything about this clockexudes quality, as you would expect from these two high profile companiesin that time period.

The clock is running strongly. The case is somewhat tarnishedoverall from age, but no damage anywhere.Thereare some small areas of mild greenish corrosion on the sides of the case, but it is obvious that this case would easily clean up and polish nicely. If there is any issue at all, it would be that the clock seems to be running a little fast (gaining 1/2 - 1 minute per hour), even though the slow/fast setting is set to slow. The F/S adjustment seems to move too easily, so it (may) have a connection issue to the internal speed adjustment mechanism (I don\'t really know). Also, the pushbutton front panel release button is a little balky, but it is working. Whatis clear to me is that the overall condition is remarkably good for an unrestored clock of its age and type.

A rare find!

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On Feb-22-17 at 16:29:35 PST, seller added the following information:

This clock continues to run strongly on a partial winding several days after it was listed, however, as noted in the original description, it is running a little fast. It is actually gaining a little more than a minute per hour, but has been running at that same consistent fast rate for the entire time. I continue to suspect that the slow/fast lever may have a disconnect issue from the actual regulation mechanism becauseit canbe moved from the slow to fast settings with little or no resistance. In my layman\'s knowledge of clock movements, this certainlyseems like it could be a very simple problem, but I don\'t really know that for certain.