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<\/a><\/p>\nWaltham Banjo Clocks of Willard Design are faithful reproductions of Simon Willard’s “Patent Timepieces” of one hundred and twenty-five years ago……….. The large clocks have eight-day weight-driven movements and pendulums with heavy brass plates.\u00a0 These Waltham Banjo clocks are worthy successors to Willard’s “Patent Timepieces” and have earned for Waltham the same pre-eminent position for accuracy and beauty in clock making in the twentieth century that Simon Willard occupied in the early days of the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n
We are pleased to offer this wonderful example of the Waltham “Willard” weight driven banjo clock.\u00a0\u00a0 This model is one of the finest banjo clocks that Waltham made, and certainly one of the hardest one’s for a collector to acquire since so very few were made with the Historic “Independence Hall Philadelphia”\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0glasses.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s not hard to understand the scarcity of this model, since banjo clocks with these special reverse painted glasses were only made for only a short period of time, it was very expensive to own (price of\u00a0 $75 during the 1920’s) and the economic climate of the country was extremely unstable during this period of time.<\/p>\n The presentation mahogany timepiece with\u00a0high style\u00a0cross banded mahogany\u00a0frames, cast brass bezel, presentation bracket, cast brass side arms, and fire gilt eagle finial measures 41 1\/2 X 10 1\/2 X 4 inches overall.\u00a0 The eight day weight driven brass timepiece with maintaining power, keeps perfect time. \u00a0The clock is completely original, including the winding crank.\u00a0\u00a0 The glasses are\u00a0original with some minor lifting\/loss, in-painting, and the case\u00a0has never been refinished.\u00a0 There are no extra holes behind either the dial or the works.<\/p>\n SOLD<\/strong><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Waltham Cross Banded Banjo Clock In the 1920’s, the Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, MA, USA published a sales booklet that offered various banjo clocks for sale.\u00a0\u00a0 An excerpt from this booklet appears below: Waltham Banjo Clocks of Willard Charm and … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n