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Antique New Haven Model Tambour No. 56 mantel clock is in Excellent body condition & great working condition. Tested for 2 hours. When starting it up, the clock has to be on a well balanced non-movement shelf. The chime is real quite and doesn't make much sound, but a tapping noise. I would say, the clock needs to be taken to a antique clock repair shop, to be oiled. Original maker label on the bottom indicating Tambour No. 56 New Haven Clock Col. New Haven Conn. USA. As shown in picture above, this antique clock comes with the original key.
History Of New Haven Clocks: New Haven Clock Company, started up on Feb. 7th, 1853 by Hiram Camp a clockmaker. Hiram and some other clockmakers, supplied clock movements to the Jerome Manufacturing Company, then the largest clock making operation in the world. Three years later the Jerome company went bankrupt, and was soon bought out by the New Haven Clock Company. By 1860, the New Haven Clock Company produced 170,000 clocks a year. In 1880, non-jeweled pocket watches were added to the line, and were offered until the 1950's. Hiram Camp founder & long time president resigns from the company in September 1891. Walter C. Camp takes over, and modernizes the watch company in 1904. Adding a line of wristwatches in 1915. From 1943 through 1945, the firm was involved in only manufacturing war products. In 1946- The firm resumed in clock & watch making, and was then known as the New Haven Clock & Watch Company. 1956, the company deteriorated and eventually operations ceased in 1960. The company was then auctioned off piece by piece at a public auction on March 24, 1960.
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