Posted 9 years ago
manwich13
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Any help on the history of this clock and company is greatly appreciated. Also it is not running. I've started collecting older clocks and anyone who had any pointers or advice on how to start dating different clocks is also much appreciated. Thanks.
It looks like the pendulum is lying on the bottom of the clock case. You'll definitely need to attach that before you get any ticky-tocky.
It is a joy just to see the action on that clock.
It also looks like you may be missing the pendulum rod and suspension spring. This is a "Bim Bam" striking clock. One of the hammers is laying on the side of a badly corroded chime rod (or at least one badly in need of a cleaning). Strange that one would look like that while the other one doesn't. At any rate I would suspect corrosion of steel within the movement. The pivots "look" dry. The mainsprings are fully wound so who knows when this clock was running? It probably was a long time ago. All this to say that you should have the clock examined and serviced by someone who knows what he or she is doing. As far as identifying the model could you add a well lit photo showing the entire case from the front along with case and dial measurements? Please take measurements at the longest, widest, and deepest points only. Thank you.
I'm sorry I'm writing you back slow I just been ttrying to find someone to get the measurements That you have ask for. Like I said I am very new at this. And I'm finding out its not as easy as I thought it was going to be . But I have collected a few things and I just Can't stop researching But I want to thank everyone who help me find out that gilbert clock is really going to be a lot more fun to research