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1920 antique timeclock INTERNATIONAL, IBM works great
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is a 1920 IBM timeclock, 32 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 9 inches deep. It is cleaned up and in great working order, the only thing to put the in use i is to splash some fresh ink on the oridginal ink ribbon. The case is made of quarter sawn oak and has a great tiger striping to the wood The door still has the oridginal "INTERNATIONAL " stamp on the lower border of the door. The case is marked 854,and has very good oridginal finish, and has normal scratches from age and use on the inside by the pendulum and some dings on the oak surface on the outside, nothing objectionable It could be rubbed down to make graining even better. These models were workhorses and have 2 large springs that run the movement and drive for time stamp through just about anything, it has a LOUD , sticatto tick and can be heard in other rooms in your house, I love the tick, very distinctive. The punch mechanism punches the time and also the date, monday through sunday, some punch a calender date, and some punch a weekday, proborly was a factory option when purchasing. The hands are perfect and correct, the oridginal dial has been correctly repainted, they usually have a lot of scarring around the winding arbors, and you understand why when you wind one up, a large oridginal key fits over these large arbors and they all wind very hard due to the massive springs needed to push the stamp mechanism, the clock usually goes for about 3-4 days on one wind. The polished brass bezel is oridginal. The card insert , handle surround, hinges and pendulum bob are chrome. has a great look to it! The pendulum stick is oridginal has has had some glue repairs, correctly, to it, as most of the time clocks have , due to the weight of the bob , and the less than easy access to the suspension on the back of the movement. The lock for the door has been removed, as is commomly the case, and has been cleverly replaced with a wooden push knob to hold onto the same door latch the lock did. I always prefer the lock to be present myself, but this is the cleverest way I have ever seen anyone get around the ol missing lock routine. It actually works great, and the only objectionable side effect was the oak dial surround had to be notched to accomidate the medial mnovement of the push knob. This never shows up unless the door is opened. The oridginal movement is stamped 67199 and 100 and 037. the bottom of the case ius present and perfect, no missing or replace wood anyw in the case, I have seen alot of replaced backboards, and bottoms in these units, but I guess they have all led a hard life. On a personel note, I have a lot of timeclocks , I love the heavy duty look and function of them , In my opinion they represent the best industrial art form that was produced. At this time these clock were all made in one location , all the parts assembled at one factory and assembled in that factory, they are simple, yet complicated, functional yet beautiful. This clock is a solid, well restored, well working , better than average example, being sold with NO RESERVE , thank you for looking! it is heavy, but they ship pretty well 
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