New Old Clock

Our new old clock.

I picked this up yesterday after being fully restored. It's working well and chiming away the hours and half hours just as it did when new.

Circa 1900 Sessions Mantle Clock.


This once belonged to my husband's grandparents. It was probably a wedding present, but my father-in-law never remembers it ever working in his lifetime. It sat silently on the shelf for more than 80 years.

Years ago, when I was visiting the in-laws, I took the clock down and gave it a good clean out. It started to tick and continued. However, when we left, the clock stopped and didn't go again. When we came back next time, I wound the clock up and off it went. Again, when we left it stopped. This happened several times, much to everyone's amusement.

My father-in-law has recently moved into a nursing home and is in the process of selling off everything and getting the house ready for sale. He gave me this clock because it simply wouldn't work for anyone else.

I opened the back and found wasp nests, dust, grime, etc. inside. I gave it a bit of a clean and off it went again. I thought it would stop, but it didn't.

With that in mind, I took it up to one of our local jewelers who specialises in antique clock restorations. As you can see, $400 later, the clock looks and works like new.

Now in our house every hour there's a chorus of chimes and bongs. Every half hour there's one chime, one bong and one ding.

My problem is, I can never remember which clock is the 14 day one, which is the 8 day one and now, the 10 day one. To save having them all running down, I'll just wind them all up once a week. Problem solved.

Cheers

Brittany K.