Physical description

Brown carved timber clock, c.1890s. Glass door with elaborate wheat and boarder design. Roman numeral face, swinging pendulum.

11017.1 - Pendulum Suspension Spring - wire, Hook on end, metal tab on the other
11017.2 - pendulum, silver colour, inscribed face 'fast/slow' and Waterbury Clock Co. Patented Dec 11th, 1883
11017.3 - clock winding key, silver colour

Founded in 1857 in Waterbury, Connecticut, The Waterbury Clock Co. gained a reputation and patented many inventions including the first affordable mass-produced pocket watch, the Waterbury Watch. the first alarm clock with a snooze button and the first wristwatch with a luminous dial.

In the 1960s, the Waterbury Clock Co. merged with the United States Time Corporation to become the Timex Corporation.

Inscriptions & markings

11017.2 - Fast, Slow, Patented Dec 11th 1883, Waterbury Clock Co.