Antique weighs a lot clock

tamrock · May 4, 2018

I hit a thrift store in Denver yesterday after I wrapped up some work related things there. It cost me a total of $38 and change. The visible escapement really got my attention and I've always been fascinated by that type of movement. I don't think it's worth a whole lot and I don't have a key, but it is wound down all the way and manually swinging the pendulum will rotate the escapement. It's made of black slate and inlaid with a granite. Definitely late Victorian era piece.

zombieraccoon · May 4, 2018

beautiful

GibH · May 4, 2018

You can get a key pretty cheap. I used to buy most of my parts from Timesavers.

Phishfindr · May 4, 2018

That price tag is missing some numbers. Nice find!! :thumbsup:

trdhrdr007 · May 5, 2018

I've had success winding one with a pair of needlenose pliers. Have to be extremely careful not to scratch the dial and wouldn't want to wind one completely that way. I did it to see if the clock worked before I got a key.

tamrock · May 5, 2018

trdhrdr007 said:
I've had success winding one with a pair of needlenose pliers. Have to be extremely careful not to scratch the dial and wouldn't want to wind one completely that way. I did it to see if the clock worked before I got a key.

There's a pretty nice clock shop near me run by these Russian fella's who would have a key. They'll even buy project clocks from you also. I might just see if I can get 50 bucks out of it? Being made of Rock kinda makes it tough to sell online imo, plus if the pinions are worn out it won't be worth it to me to fix.

JimDon · May 5, 2018

Very nice clock! The visible escapement makes it special.

Nick79 · May 10, 2018

Nice find, I'm always looking out for those at thrift stores but have yet to find one

Hawks88 · May 10, 2018

Awesome find. Love it. Congrats!

huntsman53 · May 11, 2018

Nice find tamrock! Is the Dr. Pepper can for size comparison or used as a smoke stock on that River Boat? :laughing7:

tamrock · May 11, 2018

huntsman53 said:
Nice find tamrock! Is the Dr. Pepper can for size comparison or used as a smoke stock on that River Boat?

I was thinking they went well together. It's a heavy son of gun and I wanted to give it something for size. I really don't know what to do with now, because shipping it won't be cheap. I have given some thought of just selling the movement, as that could go for about as much as the whole clock would sell for. The whole clock might not be worth it with the high shipping cost attached to the sale. :dontknow: