SESSIONS WESTMINSTER CHIME TAMBOUR MANTEL MANTLE CLOCK
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Offered for sale in this No Reserve Auction is a near-perfect Sessions Tambour style Westminster mantle clock. The Sessions Clock Book by Tran Duy Ly shows this clock to be a Model 102WC, gives a date of manufacture of 1936. It is shown on page 208, item 494. The clock is in excellent condition with a perfect face, the original hands and the original pendulum. Case dimensions are 20 inches wide by 9.25 inches tall by 5 inches deep. This clock is as nice as I have seen in a very long time. As a person who has repaired just about every type of American made Westminster Chime clock that t is, I have to admit to having a real fondness for the Sessions Westminster chime clocks. They are a prime example of the joining of art and engineering. Because the winding springs in this clock are fairly large and strong, I always include an over sized key for additional leverage in winding, along with the key that is used to adjust clock speed and silence the chimes. WHAT MAKES A CLOCK A GOOD VALUE? The rules of economics are fairly straightforward. Simply put, it is almost impossible to spend a little and get a lot. Antique and vintage clocks follow these rules as well. You can buy "As Found" clocks for less money. Then you have to pay a shop to go through the movement and when you are done, you have spent more than if you would have bid on the
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