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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 3160308, member: 88"][USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER] - The clocks you're hoping Santa smuggles down the chimney looks a lot like the Waterbury I sold back in 2013. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a large Waterbury clock with a porcelain face & a sweep second hand. This thing was huge & likely hung on the wall of a local jewelry store. It was part of the contents of a watchmaker's room that I bought about 8 years ago. I had no clue the clock was anything great & was more interested in what was inside all of the drawers of the probably 25+ cabinets. Not my cheapest buy as I gave $2300.00 for everything. The clock sold for over $3600.00 (I started the bidding at $200.00) & was sold as-is for parts or repair because I had no idea if it even worked. </p><p><br /></p><p>The clock itself was 11 3/4" across & the pendulum was 40 1/2" top to bottom & 11 5/8" across. </p><p><br /></p><p>It ended up going to someone in Iowa who was going to restore it. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832108_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832111_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832217_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 3160308, member: 88"][USER=5170]@Ghopper1924[/USER] - The clocks you're hoping Santa smuggles down the chimney looks a lot like the Waterbury I sold back in 2013. It was a large Waterbury clock with a porcelain face & a sweep second hand. This thing was huge & likely hung on the wall of a local jewelry store. It was part of the contents of a watchmaker's room that I bought about 8 years ago. I had no clue the clock was anything great & was more interested in what was inside all of the drawers of the probably 25+ cabinets. Not my cheapest buy as I gave $2300.00 for everything. The clock sold for over $3600.00 (I started the bidding at $200.00) & was sold as-is for parts or repair because I had no idea if it even worked. The clock itself was 11 3/4" across & the pendulum was 40 1/2" top to bottom & 11 5/8" across. It ended up going to someone in Iowa who was going to restore it. [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832108_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832111_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/669832217_o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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