Seth Thomas Clock Co. hanging "World", ca 1883.

Seth Thomas Clock Co. hanging "World", ca 1883. Case stamped at the factory with date of 1883. That is earlier than any of the World models pictured in my books. Oak case is 32" high, clean but would look better (to me) with a little more polish. It is not a cream puff as it has been used, probably commercially, and later cleaned of the smoke. Not refinished, but cleaned. For its age the original painted dial is excellent. It has three original hands, brass rings and good glasses. Polished brass bob, brass beat scale, wood stick, and the heavy duty, double wind, I would assume a 15 day brass movement, as pictured in the ST catalogs. The movement is marked, "86W". See Ly-Seth Thomas, page 323. They put a 30 day movement in some of these cases but frankly I am not smart enough to tell the 15 day from the 30 day.