1596438

Fine Vintage Weight Driven Wall Clock #1596438

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Fine Vintage Weight Driven Wall Clock #1596438
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Unlike any clock available at this price!!!</em></td>
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Perhaps one of the nicest wall clocks I have ever sold whether older or newer. The clock was manufactured by the New England Clock Company from the Bristol Connecticut period. It should probably be dated around 1960 based upon the very interesting history of the company. William Sessions of the clock family bought the E.N. Welch Clock Company around the turn of the century. In 1956 the Sessions Clock Company was bought out and when the grandson William K. Sessions was not happy with the new company, he opened up the New England Clock Company in Bristol Connecticut. The clocks were sold in very high end shops and tended to be of colonial period design. The cases were magnificent and he tended to use fine german movements. As opposed to many clock companies of that time, mechanical movements as opposed to electrical were used.
The clock here is of colonial style and the wood may be maple. I have never seen this particular model and would guess it to have cost well over $1000 brand new. There are aspects that remind me of a german style for example the heavy outer weights typical of larger cuckoo clocks. The quarter hour chimes are so warm and beautiful sounding it is impossible to describe.
This is an absolutely magnificent clock that is available here for many hundreds below any clock of similar size and quality.
I absolutely guarantee this to be cleaned, oiled, and in perfect working condition. The case is in extremely fine condition and there is no restoration needed at ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1960</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:New England Clock Company Bristol Connecticut</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:24</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:7.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:14.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:22</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Fine Vintage Weight Driven Wall Clock</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:German Wall Style</td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:Colonial Style Pendulum Clock</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Capital District New York</td></tr>
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