SESSIONS ANTIQUE MANTLE CLOCK 100%ALL ORIGINAL SUPERIOR

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This is a SUPERIOR VERY LARGE 100% ALL ORIGINAL example of a SESSIONS âeoeBlack Enamelâe WOOD Mantle Clock in SUPERIOR condition. It is a truly great and very classy mantle clock in need of a warm loving home. It is quite old and made circa 1908. Everything is original even the pendulum and key! It is becoming very hard to find clocks that have all of their original parts being rare and special as well as in superior condition. But it is! It has a signed Sessions Mfg. Co. "8-day time and strike movementâe which chimes on the half-hour on a great sounding bell and counts the hours on the hour on a cathedral gong with a beautiful sound. The movement runs very well and keeps good time. The movement was just cleaned, oiled, pivots polished and bushings added w needed. This clock will not need servicing for many years to come, and is ready for the next 100 years! This is a labor intensive service, with many clockmakers charging 250.00 and up. We recommend having it oiled every 2 to 3 years to keep it in tip-top shape! With the purchase of this clock for an additional $ 2.25 we will include an oiler kit with a professional oiler loaded with enough oil to oil approximately 50 clocks with easy instructions so you could even do it yourself! The case is very large, beautiful, all original, all of its original decorations in superior condition! Just about perfect except a couple small bumps from years of service âe" gives the clock character! The case is made of a solid black enameled wood with its original neat original feet rare 6 original columns with the original black enameled finish. The dial is the original signed dial with the original numbers in superior condition over the original dial pan. It also has an adjustment for fast and slow on the dial which can be turned by the small end of the original double ended key. Very rare for a clock to retain its original pendulum and key. This is very handy so you donâe(tm)t have to take the clock down off the shelf in order to adjust it for fast and slow. The metal (solid brass) around the dial is original in super condition. Runs super great! The clock is large and measures 11 1⁄2 inches high, 6 inches deep and 16 1⁄2 inches wide. This is a very fine, complete and well preserved black enamel mantle clock with all of its original parts & the movement has been cleaned and overhauled. This fine clock movement has been completely overhauled and cleaned. The main cause of antique clocksâe(tm) no longer working is that they need a good cleaning. Over time, the oil in the pivots gathers dust and particles of metallic grit, the result of normal wear. Also the oil breaks down and becomes thick and gummy, and actually acts like glue. The result is that the gears no longer turn freely, and the clock stops. A good cleaning usually is all the clock needs to be almost like new again! The cleaning procedure involves taking the movement out of the case and totally dismantling the movement. All the gears, rods, etc., are taken off of the clock plates and are hand scrubbed and inspected for wear. The springs are taken out of the barrels, stretched out, and hand cleaned and polished. The plates are thoroughly cleaned. Then all the parts are placed in an ultrasonic cleaning machine for the final cleaning. The pivots are polished on the lathe and the pallets are polished. Bushings are installed on any pivot holes that have become âeoeegg shapedâe from wear to make them perfectly round again. The movement is reassembled and oiled. (We use only the finest German Clock Oil). The springs are placed back and greased with top-quality synthetic spring grease and the complete movement is placed on a "running stand" and run for several days to insure all is well. It is easier to detect misalignments, bent rods, and worn pivots and gears while it is running in full view. We like to run the movement for over a week to be sure it will run a full 8 days on one winding, and that everything is well. By that time, any problems will usually show up. The final result is a movem... read more

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