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Along with watches, I greatly enjoy collecting chiming clocks. Here's a 1900's Winterhalder & Hoffmeier (W&H) clock with pull repeat feature in a smaller inlayed bracket clock case (but utilizes their full-size Westminster chiming movement which chimes on coiled gongs). For those who don't know, W&H is one of the best German clock makers back in the day. Will be doing my usual overhaul on the movement, but everything else is in spectacular condition for its age.

Some pictures from the listing (I received the seller's permission).

Enjoy.
 
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A friend put a W & H three-quarter strike mantel clock up for auction about 25 years ago. The case was of an architectural style based on what might have been described a Black Forest design. The case was beautiful, as was the movement. I don’t know of a better German clock manufacturer than W & H. The clock brought 2 1/2 times the reserve price!
 
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A friend put a W & H three-quarter strike mantel clock up for auction about 25 years ago. The case was of an architectural style based on what might have been described a Black Forest design. The case was beautiful, as was the movement. I don’t know of a better German clock manufacturer than W & H. The clock brought 2 1/2 times the reserve price!

W&H did churn out some really beautiful carved cases, and quite a few variations of their chiming movements. Only a select few companies can hold their own against W&H in my eyes - those being J.J. Elliot, Lenzkirch, Mathias Bauerle/Peerless, and RSM. Serviced and cared for, any of these high-grade clocks by any of these companies will last beyond my lifetime (and I'm 22!)

I wonder what your friend's clock sold for - the market for clocks in general (except for very high quality examples) has deteriorated quite a bit over the course of the last 25 years unfortunately.
 
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W&H did churn out some really beautiful carved cases, and quite a few variations of their chiming movements. Only a select few companies can hold their own against W&H in my eyes - those being J.J. Elliot, Lenzkirch, Mathias Bauerle/Peerless, and RSM.

I wonder what your friend's clock sold for - the market for clocks in general (except for very high quality examples) has deteriorated quite a bit over the course of the last 25 years unfortunately.

As I mentioned, this auction took place more than 25 years ago. He offered two clocks at that auction. We put a reserve of $750.00 (Canadian) on each of them. The W&H sold for $1,850.00. The other one was by a quality German maker, but the case was a monstrous thing. It looked to have been hacked out of an oaken burl, and stained almost black. It was withdrawn at $700.00 when it didn’t meet the reserve. The guy who bid it up to $700.00, phoned the auction room the following day and said if the clock was still there, he’d pay the $750.00.
 
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Clocks from my home town. Made when Canada was trying to create a clock industry. There are all Canada Clock Company Ltd clocks. Company survived from 1880 - 1884
 
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Clocks from my home town. Made when Canada was trying to create a clock industry. There are all Canada Clock Company Ltd clocks. Company survived from 1880 - 1884

Very nice. I've ran across one Canada Clock Company clock, but it was disrepair and had tons of rust on the movement arbors.
 
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I have a Pequegnat Pantheon mantel clock, my only Canadian clock, and I don’t have a picture handy. But I do have two Seth Thomas clocks…..one a World, and the other a gallery clock (of which I don’t have a picture). I do have two Hamilton marine chronometers…a model 21, 85-size, and a model 22, 36-size.
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It arrived today: here's a video of the chimes. The chime train is a little run down (wound it up after the video), so the strike comes in a little early at the end of the 4th quarter chimes.

Enjoy.

 
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I inherited this Junghans clock that has been in the family for a long time.
Today it's hard to imagine the huge industry employing thousands of people building these for every home.
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Clocks from my home town. Made when Canada was trying to create a clock industry. There are all Canada Clock Company Ltd clocks. Company survived from 1880 - 1884
Would love to see some movement pictures.
 
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I just bought my first clock, a Chelsea WWI Navy "aeroplane" clock from 1918. It was an impulsive auction purchase, I just liked the looks and the history. It's running fine, but I'm not sure yet what I will do in terms of displaying it.
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Apparently most WWI Navy planes were seaplanes.
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I just bought my first clock, a Chelsea WWI Navy "aeroplane" clock from 1918. It was an impulsive auction purpose, I just liked the looks and the history. It's running fine, but I'm not sure yet what I will do in terms of displaying it.
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Apparently most WWI Navy planes were seaplanes.
https://www.history.navy.mil/conten...photography/wwi/wwi-aviation/aircraft-us.html

That looks really close to my (new to me) Boston Clock Co car clock

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Boston Clock Co having been absorbed by Chelsea Clock Co (I believe) sometime in the late 1890's.
 
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That's looks really close to my (new to me) Boston Clock Co car clock

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Boston Clock Co having been absorbed by Chelsea Clock Co (I believe) sometime in the late 1890's.

Nearly identical. Have you thought about how (or if) you will display it?
 
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Nearly identical. Have you thought about how (or if) you will display it?

Not decided yet...
Might make a little stand that in some way evokes the style of a 1910's wooden car dashboard & present it standing upright (mantle clock style), or might get a decorative wooden box & cut an opening in the lid to display the clock lying flat (desk clock style).

This thing a brute to wind... 8 day's worth of power into a big stiff mainspring.

Additional photos, if anyone is interested in the insides
https://omegaforums.net/threads/boston-clock-co-car-clock.138253/#post-1880596

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Now for something different. This is a torsion clock by P. Hauch. Dated from around 1907. What makes it different is that it is not a domed clock, but a 4 glass clock and it has a temperature compensating disc (bi-metal).

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At the time they thought the reason they were poor time keepers was due the temperature change and the expansion of disc. So they created a bi-metal disc to reduce this effect. It wasn't until they look to the torsion spring that they could come close to creating a component time keeper
 
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Now for something different. This is a torsion clock by P. Hauch. Dated from around 1907. What makes it different is that it is not a domed clock, but a 4 glass clock and it has a temperature compensating disc (bi-metal).

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At the time they thought the reason they were poor time keepers was due the temperature change and the expansion of disc. So they created a bi-metal disc to reduce this effect. It wasn't until they look to the torsion spring that they could come close to creating a component time keeper

Or might it be by Jauch?
 
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I've got a clock... an ex CNR Seth Thomas, I use it to set my watches (yeah... its that good) I check it against the USNO clock.

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