ANTIQUE EARLY AMERICAN WATERBURY IRON FRONT PARLOR CLOCK. CIRCA 1870. 30HOUR TIME AND STRIKE SIGNED WATERBURY MOVEMENT. PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED, OILED AND SET IN BEAT. THE CLOCK COUNTS THE HOURS ON A COILED GONG. THE IRON FRONT CASE HAS A GOLD GILT DESIGN THAT IS ORIGINAL. THIS CLOCK HAS THE ORIGINAL DIAL. THERE IS A FULL LABEL INSIDE THE CASE FOR WATERBURY CLOCK CO. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT GRADE CLOCK SURE TO INCREASE IN VALUE. CASE SIZE 14 X 12 X 3 1/2

WATERBURYCLOCK COMPANY

ON MARCH 5, 1857 THE WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY WAS FORMED ASA JOINT STOCK CORPORATION WITH $60,000 AUTHORIZED CAPITAL RAISED FROM THE SALEOF 2,400 SHARES OF STOCK AT $25 PER SHARE.THERE WERE ORIGINALLY 18 SHARE HOLDERS WITH AARON BENEDICT AND G. W. BURNHAMBEING THE LARGEST STOCKHOLDERS WITH 468 SHARES EACH.

THE EARLIEST DESCRIPTION OF THE WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY WASPUBLISHED IN 1860 BY CHAUNCEY JEROME, RELATING IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE BENEDICT AND BURNHAM COMPANY, NOW MAKINGCLOCKS IN THE CITY OF WATERBURY, UNDER THE NAME OF THE WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY,IS COMPOSED OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FIRST CITIZENS OF THAT PLACE.

THE EARLIEST PRICE LIST KNOWN FOR THE WATERBURY CLOCKCOMPANY WAS ISSUED JANUARY 1, 1873. ATTHAT TIME THEY OFFERED OG, OOG, AND COLUMN WEIGHT DRIVEN CLOCKS, WALL CLOCKS,DROP OCTAGON AND A WALL REGULATOR.SPRING DRIVEN MANTLE CLOCKS WERE OFFERED IN COTTAGE, SHARP GOTHIC, ROUNDGOTHIC, OOG AND COLUMN STYLES. BY 1875THE FIRM HAD OPENED SALES OFFICES IN CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.

THE WATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY NAME REMAINED UNTIL 1944 WHENTHE FIRM’S NAME WAS CHANGED TO UNITED STATES TIME CORPORATION.

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YOU are buying at sale; this is not anapproval service. I do my best to use good photos and honestly describe what Iam selling. In the unlikely event that you do not like the clock for anyreason, you have a fourteen day money back guarantee. A refund for the amountpaid for the sale (not including the return shipping) will be made when theitem is returned. offer with confidence and read my response.