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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 13037441, member: 5170"]I can well stand it. I find the (quiet) ticking soothing and peaceful. When in a more philosophical mood it may remind me of "the time my life" ticking away, but that's just a reminder to get up and do something. BTW, all of my clocks, and yours too, have a method of stopping the strike. If nothing else, you can just let it wind down.</p><p>Anyway:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]558144[/ATTACH]</p><p>A Welch Patti and Baby Patti, 1879. This company became your Sessions in 1903.[ATTACH=full]558145[/ATTACH]</p><p>French Swinger clock, from Paris ca. 1890. The bronze base was cast in the Barbedienne foundry.[ATTACH=full]558146[/ATTACH]</p><p>Waterbury #8 Floor Regulator, 1896. No strike, time only.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]558147[/ATTACH]</p><p>Viennese wall regulator ca. 1860. I don't like the coil strike on this, so I just let it run out and didn't wind it again. [ATTACH=full]558148[/ATTACH]</p><p>Parisian clock ca. 1870. The sculpture group is by Auguste Moreau, based on an 18th Century bacchanal sculpture by Clodion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 13037441, member: 5170"]I can well stand it. I find the (quiet) ticking soothing and peaceful. When in a more philosophical mood it may remind me of "the time my life" ticking away, but that's just a reminder to get up and do something. BTW, all of my clocks, and yours too, have a method of stopping the strike. If nothing else, you can just let it wind down. Anyway: [ATTACH=full]558144[/ATTACH] A Welch Patti and Baby Patti, 1879. This company became your Sessions in 1903.[ATTACH=full]558145[/ATTACH] French Swinger clock, from Paris ca. 1890. The bronze base was cast in the Barbedienne foundry.[ATTACH=full]558146[/ATTACH] Waterbury #8 Floor Regulator, 1896. No strike, time only. [ATTACH=full]558147[/ATTACH] Viennese wall regulator ca. 1860. I don't like the coil strike on this, so I just let it run out and didn't wind it again. [ATTACH=full]558148[/ATTACH] Parisian clock ca. 1870. The sculpture group is by Auguste Moreau, based on an 18th Century bacchanal sculpture by Clodion.[/QUOTE]
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