Old clocks

[jasonl]

How many here know anything about old clocks? Helen took home Uncle Charlie's old mantle clock which belonged in the family for a LONG time. It's very old and made by Sessions, Made in USA. I'll upload pics of it and a video of the mechanism striking the hour.

It works perfectly and is very accurate. All I did was wind it and start the pendulum. It has that classic soothing "tick tock tick tock" sound followed by a not-so-soothing "Bong! Bong! Bong! Bong!", etc. at each hour and one strike for every half hour.

 

[toggleswitch]

I know nothing you honor.....

Aa a Virgo (I hear "they" like clocks) I have acquired quite a few unusual clocks, quite without neaning too.

I believe if I start collecting in earnest it will be clocks right after washers and stoves!

 

[polkanut]

I gave my wife a Sessions mantle clock like you describe to my wife the 1st Christmas we were engaged. I bought it from an estate/tag sale. Inside, on the door in back, were all the directions are, someone wrote "Purchased 6/17/38". Hopes this helps.

 

[jasonl]

I was digging around and according to one Ebay auction, ours is from the teens, as in 1910-something. Not as pretty as a restored clock (Uncle Charlie smoked) but it works.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[knitwits1975]

I am a clock collector, what do you want to know?

 

[brettsomers]

ive kinda always liked clocks too, but never persued it. i had several of the twin-bell alarm clocks as a child.

 

[pdub]

I like clocks too

I'll show you a few of them I have.
Here's my Syroco I obtained at an estate sale on half price day.

 

[pdub]

Her's a solid brass clock that was made in Mexico. It has the astrolgical signs around the border.

 

[pdub]

Here is my Howard Miller world clock and a small Ansonia table clock.

 

[pdub]

Here they are without the flash.

 

[pdub]

Here is my Golden Hour electric clock.

 

[knitwits1975]

Ingraham Mantle Clock

I acquired this on July 19 at a thrift shop in Bellingham called Value Village. It will need some TLC, but I feel it will be an awesome clock once again.

 

[pdub]

Here are another two in my laundry room.

 

[knitwits1975]

The workings are all intact except for one chime rod.

 

[pdub]

And here is my Howard Miller gandfather clock.

 

[tolivac]

Older weight drive and spring drive clocks are cool-never persued them-but do like them.My Mom used to have a Schoolhouse clock-made the loudest TICK-TOCK you ever heard-guess to keep the students in the class awake?It didn't have any bells or chimes.she had another mantle clock that had the chimes.

 

[toggleswitch]

NICE!

Thank you Patrick for posting!

 

[jasonl]

Mine isn't very loud. The TV drowns out the ticking and the chime isn't very obtrusive either. It's not a cuckoo clock that will make you jump out of your skin when it goes off in the middle of the night.

 

[jasonl]

Cuckoo

I had one from about 10-15 years ago that was made in Germany. Noisy little sucker, but fun to have. Unfortunately, it got lost in the flood.