Anglo American 8-day wall clock with hourly strike.
Overall, this is a VERY unusual piece. The eight-day brass movement has been cleaned and serviced recently and runs perfectly...striking the hours properly throughout the day. The dial has been recovered including the proper WELCH logo. Originally, it had a painted dial that was too flaked to justify allowing it to remain as it was. The exquisitely carved bottom has the usual age cracks which are tight and will remain unchanged for the rest of the clock's history I'm sure (see photograph). An unusual feature of this clock is that it was never catalogued by the E.N. Welch Clock Manufacturing Company. The probable reason is that the case was made in England and the Welch movement was imported to be fitted to the case since it was being prepared for the British market. These British/American clock combinations were not unusual. Several American clockmakers exported their brass movements to the "Brits" who then had London casemakers install them to create what has now become known as an 'ANGLO'. Even the old fancy key reflects the stylish British influence. Many years ago, I was introduced to the history of "ANGLOS" while visiting Dr. Bertram Doloff in his Scranton, Pennsylvania home. He later wrote THE book on ANGLO-AMERICAN clocks and this clock is much like those in the pages of that volume. Height: 24 in. (60.96 cm) Depth: 5 in. (12.70 cm) Width: 17 in. (43.18 cm) Weight: 10
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