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See Other Listings LARGE Antique Waterbury 8 Day Regulator Pendulum Ebonized Wooden Wall Clock
Gorgeous Clock - Sans Key
In this sale we have a large antique Waterbury 8 day regulator wall clock. This is really a gorgeous clock with ebonized trim and nice designs. On the face you'll see, "WATERBURY CLOCK CO USA", this can also be found in the back where the gears are. The word "REGULATOR" can be found in gold lettering on the top of the glass door towards the bottom. This opens on the left side by two latches, still in good condition. This has roman numerals for the numbers and two posts. This does NOT come with the key, but we tried winding it with ours and both wind and hold very nicely. This still has the pendulum as well but unfortunately this remains untested with us. The piece that hangs down that the pendulum would connect to split on the top end and we couldn't get it back up there to hold onto it correctly. If you wind the hands around with your finger they click on the half and hour so it seems like with the pendulum it would be in working order, but unfortunately we can't be sure. This measures
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approx. 34 1/2" x 17" x 5" as a whole and there is some age appropriate wear to this clock. There's some scratches and chips on the wood and also the face (lightly). You'll also see some small cracks here and there with age toning, patina and oxidation to the metal around the glass covering the face. The top part of this, the area surrounding the face, is a little loose and will need to be attached down and don't forget about the pendulum needing to be adjusted. This really isn't in too bad of shape, just needs a few things fixed up here and there but overall this is still in pretty decent condition and would be a gorgeous focal point in your room. Be sure to check out ALL of our many photos for any further details on condition. Happy offerding everyone, good luck!!Here is some information we found about the Waterbury Clock Company online at antiquewaterburyclocks. (Great Site!!)The Waterbury Clock Company was incorporated in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, on March 5, 1857. The roots of the company, however, reach back to January 14, 1843, when its parent company, the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Company, was formed. Benedict & Burnham were manufacturers of brass sheeting, brass buttons and other brass products. By the 1840's, brass clock movements were being used in millions of clocks manufactured by such companies as Seth Thomas,., Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Ansonia Clock Company and other 19th century clock manufacturers.With brass being in such demand it was a natural extension for a brass manufacturer like Benedict & Burnham to extend its business by manufacturing clock movements as well. In this way they controlled the whole supply chain from raw material to finished product. Their first foray into the clock business was as a joint venture between clockmaker Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868) and his son, Samuel, and the directors of Benedict & Burnham (including Aaron Benedict, Gordon W. Burnham, John C. booth, Henry Bronson and Arad W. Welton,) Benedict & Burnham purchased half of the 3,200 shares, and the Jeromes the other half. The business was named Jerome Manufacturing Company and was incorporated on February 14, 1850, in New Haven, Connecticut, where the Jeromes were already manufacturing clocks.On March 5, 1857, the Waterbury Clock Company was formally incorporated. Aaron Benedict and G. W. Burnham were the two largest shareholders of the original 18, owning more than one third of the 2,400 shares between them. Most of the other shareholders were also active as shareholders of the Benedict & Burnham Company. They hired Chauncey Jerome's brother, Noble Jerome, as their chief foreman of movement production. Tragedy struck in 1861 when Noble Jerome was killed when a balustrade fell from a building just as he was passing by. He was replaced by Silus B. Terry, son of the famous clockmaker Eli Terry.Soon after the American Civil War ended the Waterbury Clock Company built two large factories for building clock cases. Misfortune struck once again when they both were destroyed by fire (which seemed to happen quite often with factories of that era!) The factories were rebuilt and from that point their clock business really took off. The first listing of Waterbury Clock Company clocks was published in 1867 in a catalog distributed by The American Clock Company, New York sales agency, who represented many other clock manufacturers as well.Business was booming. From June 1869 through June 1870 they had manufactured 96,000 movements, 85,300 cases, and 82,000 completed clocks. By 1875, Waterbury Clocks were distributed through sales offices in Chicago and San Francisco, as well. In 1881 the Waterbury Clock Company published their own catalog which listed their clocks exclusively, offering 94 different model variations. By 1891 their catalog had expanded to list 304 models and 175 pages. 1892 was a watershed year for Waterbury when the clock company formed a subsidiary called the Waterbury Watch Company. This new division began producing inexpensive low-end pocket watches for the Ingersoll Company, who sold them for dollar each. They were branded with the Ingersoll name and were highly profitable for both companies. Between 1896 to 1916 they sold more than 40,000,000 of these $1.00 watches.Up until the Great Depression Waterbury had been quite prosperous. But like so many companies, most of the profits enriched the pockets of its Directors instead of being reinvested in new equipment and updated facilities. By 1931 the Waterbury Clock Company was in rapid decline. Many of the large buildings were unused and in disrepair; they had a large inventory of unfinished goods; much of its machinery was idle or obsolete. The great Waterbury Clock Company, like so many hugely successful 19th century clockmakers, is no more. But due to its vast manufacturing output a huge number of Waterbury clocks can be readily found in antique stores, flea markets and homes whose families have passed on their Waterbury clocks through succeeding generations.
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Estimated shipping weight, (packaged) is 25 lbs 1 oz
in a 38 x 22 x 10 box
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