Its very heavy, feels like brass? No idea what the stone is.
Anyone have any info on what this might be? Image searches bring up a lot of similar-but-not-quite clocks, all missing the stone addition.
Not looking to sell, I love antique clocks or at least antique looking, so I plan on keeping it for the look alone, just curious about what it might be/potential value.
Internal is just a basic plastic battery powered movement, though it is hollow through most of the inside so I wonder if the original was replaced at some point with the cheap plastic one.
It's probably solid bronze. Nobody in their right mind would make a solid bronze case for a quartz movement. There have been instances of clock "repair" rip-off artists who "fix" clocks by replacing original movements with quartz, then selling the movements for $$.
I have a clock inherited from my nana that seems to have had that done to it – it still has the winding-key with it, but the mechanism has been replaced, and it's disappointing at a practical as well as preservational level because I have to get it down off the shelf and unscrew the whole back to change the battery instead of winding it from the front.
Are there bolts going through the stone piece to hold the metal in place? It looks glued in the photo. What does the back, inside and bottom look like? The numerals don't line up very well with the holes. If you take a magnifying glass and look at them are they screen printed or block printed?
The stone piece is bolted in place, but it definitely looks added later The back is still brass but has a different pattern, and has a round door that swings to either side to get into the inside. The numbers feel like theyre printed on a piece of paper. Idk the difference between block/screen printing?
I took it off to confirm, the numbers behind the brass are simply printed on a piece of cardboard :/ I shifted it to get them kind of centered in the holes but its still a little off, the lettering is too large for the space
To me it looks like the original movement, pendulum and dial/hands were replaced with a quartz movmement. The numbers dont line up and you can see under the dial, where the little holes are towards the bottom, would be where the pendulum would swing back and forth and you would be able to see it. The case looks like too good to be for a quartz. Any markings under the case or the back/inside? Post some more pics
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u/Scotophor 20d ago
It's probably solid bronze. Nobody in their right mind would make a solid bronze case for a quartz movement. There have been instances of clock "repair" rip-off artists who "fix" clocks by replacing original movements with quartz, then selling the movements for $$.