142.           $1000

Waterbury Clock Co. “Regulator No. 71”, ca. 1907.  Ly shows two catalog illustrations of this model from 1907 and 1914, with slight differences; this is the earlier model (Waterbury Clocks & Watches, page 239).  It stands 96 inches tall and 27.75 inches wide in quarter-sawn oak with an old/original finish.  The finish is clean with a few touched up nicks and a vertical shrinkage crack in the base.  Both glasses are period/original. The 12-inch signed porcelain dial has just one small blemish that is essentially unnoticeable, with the proper and original hands, including a sweep-seconds hand.  The 8-day, time-only, anchor-escapement movement has a dead-beat escapement and retaining power, with a temperature-compensating pendulum and a brushed brass weight that is not original.  The fluted pendulum jars are filled with 4 lb of lead shot.  This clock ran for several days and then stopped, and stopped again after restarting; not sure what the problem is.  There is a brass signed beat scale at the bottom of the case and a black and gold label.  This clock is in outstanding original condition.  $1000–$2500.

Delivery to the eastern half of the US for $500.