Restored Seth Thomas Prospect # 00-1913 Mahogany Time & Strike Antique Clock

  
PART OF MY DNA IS THE LONG TERM AND CONTINUING PASSION FOR THE PROPER RESTORATION OF SELECTED ANTIQUE CLOCKS, PRIMARILY SETH THOMAS AND HERSCHEDE. EACH RESTORATION IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA BEST METHODS AND PRACTICES, ACQUIRED THROUGH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND TECHNIQUES ACQUIRED. THE CLOCKS THAT I SELECT FOR RESTORATION AND SUBSEQUENT RESALE REPRESENT SPECIFICALLY SELECTED MODELS, WHICH ARE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WHO DESIRES TO OWN AN HIERLOOM ANTIQUE CLOCK, AS WELL AS TO ENJOY A TASTE OF ANTIQUE CLOCK AMERICANA. E COMMERCE SOUND PLAYER FILES OF THE PROSPECT NUMBER 00 1913 ARE ATTACHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LISTING LISTEN, REVIEW, AND ENJOY. OFFERED TODAY IS AN ALL-ORIGINAL PROSPECT NUMBER 00 - 1913 CABINET MODEL MANTEL CLOCK MADE BY SETH THOMAS, AND LISTED IN TRAN DUY LYS SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS V1 3D EDITION PAGE 495. THIS IS THE 1913 VERSION OF THE PROSPECT 00 WITH ALL ORIGINAL COMPONENTS AND FULLY RESTORED. EACH ONE OF THE PROSPECT SERIES SETH THOMAS CLOCKS HAS UNIQUE FEATURES THAT MAKE FOR A VERY ATTRACTIVE PRESENTATION. THE SECRET IS TO FIND ONE THAT IS A TRUE CANDIDATE FOR RESTORATION! THIS PROSPECT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN SOME!! AGAIN, IT IS ANOTHER ONE I TRULY HATE TO PART WITH!! EVEN THE ORIGINALLY ISSUED BOY ON A FENCE PENDULUM BOB AND A CORRECT BRASS KEY ARE PRESENT WITH THIS PROSPECT 00!! CLOSE-IN VIEWS OF THE BOB AND KEY ARE SHOWN IN PHOTO2. THE PROSPECT 00 IS CHARMING, EYE CATCHING, AND HAS A SIMPLE ELEGANCE ABOUT IT A DELIGHT TO VIEW, AND EASY TO DISPLAY IN ANY DECORATIVE SETTING. YOU WILL LOVE THIS CLOCK!!! THE ORIGINAL CELLULOID DIAL IS CLEAN AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS. COMPLEMENTING THE DIAL ARE THE ST PREMIUM SIGNATURE SPADE STYLE HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS. THE ORIGINAL HIGH GRADE RI.

ON MAHOGANY CASE IS IN. CONDITION, AND THE SATIN DULL RUBBED AGED FINISH HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY PRESERVED, CONDITIONED AND RESTORED - ACCENTING THIS CLOCKS 1913 ERA CHARACTER, BOTH AS AN ANTIQUE AND AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY WHEN DISPLAYED. IT WILL PROVIDE THE OWNER WITH GREAT SATISFACTION TO USE AND ENJOY FOR TIMEKEEPING; AND ITS VALUE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE.

THE CASE DESIGN IS CLASSIC AND MEMORABLE 1913 SETH THOMAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES. TASTEFUL INLAID MARQUETERIE ON THE CABINET FRONT. HALF ROUND DORIC TOP DESIGNED TO ACCENT THE BEZEL AND DIAL. HEAVY POLISHED BRASS BEZEL WITH ORIGINAL ROUND DIAL GLASS. PHOTO 5 IS A CLOSE UP VIEW OF THE BEZEL AND GLASS. SETH THOMAS CELLULOID DIAL WITH BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS AND CUT STEEL SPADE HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS.

VIEWS OF THE DIAL ARE SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 4. CONTOURED BASE MOULDINGS ON THE CABINET FRONT AND BOTH SIDES. ROUND BRASS BUTTON FEET FOR STABILITY AND ACCENT.

THE CABINET IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITON, VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS. THE HALF HOUR IS SOUNDED ON A RESONANT BRASS CUP BELL; THE HOUR COUNT FOLLOWS, BOLDLY ANNOUNCED ON THE CATHEDRAL GONG.

CLOSE UP VIEWS OF THE MOVEMENT REAR AND CATHEDRAL GONG ARE SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 8. BE SURE AND LISTEN TO THE PROSPECT 00 VIA THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES. ON THE DIAL FACE ARE TWO WINDING HOLES; ONE FOR THE TIME AND ONE FOR THE HALF-HOUR AND HOUR STRIKE.

ANOTHER SMALLER HOLE IS THE FAST/SLOW ADJUSTMENT TO REGULATE THE TIME KEEPING. YOU ARE INVITED TO BROWSE THE HIGH RESOLUTION SUPERSIZE PHOTOS TO SEE ALL DETAILS OF THE CLOCK.

THEY REVEAL THE FACT THAT THIS PROSPECT 00 IS PERFECTLY PRESERVED. THE EIGHT DAY #89V SOLID BACK SETH THOMAS TIME AND STRIKE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY DISASSEMBLED, FULLY INSPECTED, AND CLEANED WITH ULTRASONICS. OUT OF TOLERANCE PIVOT BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED, ALL PIVOTS WERE POLISHED AND CHECKED TO BE SURE EACH IS STRAIGHT AND TRUE.

THE TIME AND THE STRILE MAINSPRINGS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW HIGHEST GRADE MAINSPRINGS TO INSURE LONG TERM RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE. THE MOVEMENT WAS REASSEMBLED AND LUBRICATED - THEN BENCH TESTED FOR CORRECT PENDULUM BEAT, TIME REGULATION, AND OTHER VITAL SIGNS OF THE CLOCK MOVEMENT, BY MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION - READY FOR YEARS AND YEARS OF SERVICE. ONE EXAMPLE OF THE TESTING IS ILLUSTRATED VIA SUPERSIZE PHOTO 11. NOTICE THE METERING THAT INDICATES ZERO ERROR. THE PENDULUM BEAT ERROR SHOULD APPROACH ZERO IN A HEALTHY, PROPERLY RESTORED MOVEMENT.

IN THIS CASE THE ERROR ACHIEVED ZERO AND HELD AT ZERO, MEANING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SWING PORTIONS OF THE PENDULUM BEAT ARE THE SAME WIDTH AND DURATION. THE PENDULUM BEAT RATE IN BEATS PER HOUR IS ALSO A CORRECT 9,777 AS INDICATED IN PHOTO 11.

THE PENDULUM SWING AMPLITUDE WIDTH IS OVER 3 ½ INCHES AS MEASURED FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOB AT LEFT SWING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOB AT RIGHT SWING OVER AN INCH MORE LINEAR SWING THAN THE ORIGINAL SPECS FOR AN 89 MOVEMENT. THE ROBUST PENDULUM SWING, COUPLED WITH LISTENING TO THE CLEAN OPERATIONAL SOUNDS OF THE CLOCK TICKING VIA THE FIRST SOUND FILE, ARE POSITIVE INDICATORS OF A HEALTHY MOVEMENT. BEWARE OF AN ANTIQUE SETH CLOCK WITH AN ANEMIC #89 MOVEMENT PENDULUM SWING A SIGN OF POOR MOVEMENT HEALTH. ALSO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT MAINSPRINGS OF UNKNOWN CONDITION AND RELIABILITY, AND AN ANEMIC PENDULUM SWING, WILL LIKELY LEAD YOUR CLOCK TREASURE ON AN EXPENSIVE TRIP TO THE CLOCK DOCTOR; IT IS QUITE IMPORTANT WHEN PURCHASING AN ANTIQUE TIME AND STRIKE CABINET CLOCK TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING. THAT IS ANOTHER REASON INSURING THAT THE MAINSPRINGS ARE CARED FOR. IN THIS RESTORATION THE MAINSPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THAT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN PURCHASING AN ANTIQUE CLOCK AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH HOW TO GET IT REPAIRED AND WORKING PROPERLY!! THIS IS A MEDIUM SIZE ROUND-TOP CABINET MANTLE CLOCK AN IDEAL SIZE - SUITABLE FOR MANTLE, TABLE, SHELF OR WALL BRACKET DISPLAY - PERFECT FOR A SPECIAL GIFT, FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE, OR AS AN ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.

MEASUREMENTS ARE 9 W X 10 H X 5 ½ D. IMPORTANT NOTE - SOUND FILES ATTACHED. THREE SOUND FILES OF THE SETH PROSPECT NUMBER 00 - 1913 WITH #89V MOVEMENT IN OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE. PENDULUM BEAT-ESCAPEMENT/VERGE/CRUTCHOPERATIONSOUNDS OF THE MOVEMENT, RECORDED AT NORMAL SPEED - LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. HOUR COUNT STRIKE AND HALF-HOUR STRIKE; CAPTURED ON THE FILE IS 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 - 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00.

LISTEN FOR THE STEADY TEMPO AND CORRECT TIMBRE AND DECAY OF THE CATHEDRAL GONG STRIKE ON THE HOUR AND THE BRASS CUP BELL NOTE ON THE HALF HOUR. NOTE: THE AUDIO IS RECORDED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOVEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE NORMAL INTERNAL OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE MOVEMENT DURING THE CHIME AND STRIKE PROCESS, INCLUDING GEAR TRAINS RUNNING, LEVERS WORKING, ETC. AT NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE THE MOVEMENT SOUNDS ARE NOT NOTICED.

The item "RESTORED SETH THOMAS PROSPECT # 00-1913 MAHOGANY TIME & STRIKE ANTIQUE CLOCK" is in sale since Monday, May 31, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Clocks\Desk, Mantel & Shelf Clocks". The seller is "distinctiveclocks_and_audio" and is located in Irmo, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Movement: Mechanical
• Type: Bracket Clock
• Antique: Yes
• Brand: Seth Thomas Herschede New Haven
• Era: Early 20th Century (1911-1940)
• Clock Type: Antique Clock