This is an EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL SUPERIOR CONDITION CLEAN example of an original Seth Thomas ADAMANTINE Mantle Clock in wonderful 100% ALL ORIGINAL condition. This is truly a great clock super clean inside and out. The case is extremely beautiful with VERY DARK AND RICH RED MAHOGANY WOOD GRAIN ADAMANTINE (not painted) all around in SUPERIOR condition with the adamantine being 99.9% condition. (See pictures) This is very rare as usually this type of finish is all cracked with pieces missing. It is a very classy mantle clock in need of a warm loving home. It was made circa 1890. It has a SIGNED clean HEAVY DUTY HIGH QUALITY “Seth Thomas Clock Co” 8-day time and strike movement which chimes on a sweet sounding bell on the half hour, and strikes the hour with a mellow, beautiful sound on a cathedral gong. It sounds like a giant cathedral or Big Ben to me.
It is a very strong runner! The movement runs very well and keeps good time. The movement runs very well and keeps good time.
The movement was just cleaned, oiled, pivots polished and bushings added where 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 Seth Thomas Clock Company was started in 1810 by Seth Thomas Sr. and has been known for making high quality clocks. The name Seth Thomas is synonymous with high quality and good taste. Not always the first on the scene with the latest movement “improvement” or flashy case style, Seth Thomas was slow to adopt changes and only when the marketplace had given it acceptance to other companys’ breakthrough advances would Seth Thomas slowly and carefully bring their high quality clocks to the marketplace. The results, however, were always the same. When the Seth Thomas clock arrived it was an instant success and it captured the market.
As the years have passed, the quality of Seth Thomas clocks has been proven over and over. They are the best.
With this clock being one of the best HIGH QUALITY models. The case is very beautiful with its original shiny finish! I doubt if the clock has been worked on very much as the screws and screw holes for the movement are tight, with no additional screw holes. Adamantine is an animal of a different color. They are getting extremely popular now. In the 1860s, French clocks in slate, onyx or marble cases became popular in the United States. These cases were expensive, so the American clock manufacturers produced similar looking cases made of iron or wood. These clocks have become known to collectors as “Black Mantel Clocks”, and were popular from 1880 to 1931. Seth Thomas made clocks in marble cases for a short time, from 1887 to ca. 1895. They also made clocks in iron cases finished in black enamel, from 1892 to ca. 1895. Seth Thomas is well known for their “Adamantine” mantel clocks, which were made starting in 1882. Adamantine is a celluloid veneer, glued to the wood case. Adamantine veneer was made in black and white, and in colored patterns such as wood grain, onyx and marble.
Adamantine veneer was developed by the Celluloid Manufacturing Company of New York City, and was covered by U.S. Patent number 232,037, dated September 7, 1880. Seth Thomas Clock Company purchased the right to use the adamantine veneer in 1881.
The SIGNED dial is all-original and in superior condition with original hands. It has an adjustment for fast and slow on the dial which can be turned by the small end of the included large Seth Thomas key, this way you don’t need to take the clock down from its shelf to adjust it for slow and fast. The metal around the dial (solid brass) is aged to a very beautiful patina (no extra screw holes – no dents etc.). The movement is signed.
Complete with the ORIGINAL Seth Thomas heavy (makes the timekeeping very accurate) pendulum and a large SETH THOMAS heavy duty key! One end of the key is for winding the clock and one end for adjusting the time for slow and fast (the key works very well). This clock is beautiful and runs really great! The clock measures 11 inches high, 6 ½ inches deep, and 15 ½ inches wide. These antique clocks amaze me – could you imagine any other consumer product still working after 100 years! And the truly amazing thing with proper care they will work easily past the next 100 years, with this clock going well beyond that! If you are looking for an antique clock that has all its original parts and looks like it was cherished its whole life and is very high quality, and is unique and beautiful – this is it!
This fine clock movement has been completely overhauled and cleaned. The main cause of antique clocks’ 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 “egg shaped†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 movement that runs just like new! If you like we will include instructions and hints to keep it that way for the next 100 years (or more!). Google “Antique Clock Repair†or visit billsclockworks.com to see what the going price of an antique clock overhaul costs today!
Antique Clocks are a Fine Investment. Each one has a unique quality, as well as appreciating in value and beauty with age. You will become attached to your antique clocks and they will become a meaningful and important part of your life adding untold joy each day you own them. They can be handed down from one generation to another as they increase daily in value. Antique clocks serve many purposes other than being useful in telling time, decorative in your home, a valuable asset in your estate and above all a faithful servant and friend which will be true to you to the end of time.
This clock will be packed very very carefully by our award winning packing department (my wife Donna – receiving a perfect “10†from a gracious customer) to insure a safe delivery and the buyer is to pay $23.50 for shipping, packing and ins. I will gladly answer any emails promptly. I have always hated that “reserve” when I have bid myself so this fine clock has no reserve and a very very (gulp) low starting bid. We love these clocks and I will be glad to help you set up your new clock, or answer questions long after the sale via email.
A careful inspection is done each and every time during the packing process by “Wild Thing” Master Packing Kitty
EBAY SITE SECURITY PROVIDED BY CJ KITTY (trained watch cat) (always vigilant)
Our Purchasing Department travels throughout the United States searching for the “perfect clock”!
Here’s “the family” travelin’ to the next clock destination
A Highly Skilled Technician (AKA Wild Thing) checks the movement one last exhausting time to be sure all is right before being carefully placed back in its case.
Some well deserved rest after a long day at the office
Here is our newest addition to the team; “Miss Kitty”! Rescued from the “pound”. She specializes in UNpacking and spreading things about. Also enjoys chewing on CJ’s tail.
Miss Kitty is getting grown up! She likes to “help” with answering emails. Here she is, after a grueling lesson in “computer 101”.
Here is Miss Kitty showing our brand new addition from the pound; “Sweet Pea”, the “ins and outs” of packing boxes.
Unfortuniately Sweet Pea has not caught on as yet…
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