68.              $1200

Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 3 Regulator”, 1869-1875.  Joel Warren states that this clock was “designed to be strictly a shelf clock” (Ithaca’s Clock Makers, page 77). Here it has been adapted to a wall mount by strengthening the backboard behind the hanger and adding a base.  The base can be easily removed to return it to a shelf clock.  The 42.5-inch walnut case has a fine old finish, with burl panels on the door, the crest, and the bottom panel.  Both glasses are old and the old paper dials show wear and warping; the hands are correct. There was an early and a late version of this model; this is the early version, with an inset door and no pendulum window on the base. There is a key and latch to open the door (the key is included).  The 3-rod pendulum hangs in front of the calendar dial, as patented by Henry Horton in 1870.  The movement used here is again the early regulator movement used by ICCC, a double-wind, 8-day, time-only movement, driven by two 4-lb flat weights; this movement is shown in Warren, Ithaca’s Clock Makers on page 73. This version also used the early calendar movement, which was replaced with a square base model in later regulators.  The No. 3 regulator was the first regulator made by ICCC (initially called just “Regulator”), with its simple design and early time and calendar movements; this is a rare example of that earliest weight-driven regulator design.  The clock runs fine without the dials, and the calendar advances, but I cannot get the clock to run when the dials are added.  It is likely that the pendulum is rubbing against a dial or the calendar bezel.  You can fix that if you like and are the lucky high bidder on this very uncommon clock. Schmitt Horan sold one in November for $1300; that is the first sale of this model in over 10 years.  $1200-$2400.