A gift

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For me and for her.

I spied this beautiful clock base on eBay:


It reminded me of Kelsey and I knew I had to build it for her.

Buying it was the easy part. Figuring the rest out... well there's the gift for me.

Let's see... it needs... everything.

OK... Round movement that will fit in the case. Check.

Search eBay.

Umm, "Check" was a bit hasty.

Many candidates emerged. What kind of movement should I be looking for? Who made the case anyway?

A little research confirms that this is an Ansonia Clock, the "Vassar" model circa 1890.

There are more than a few round French clock movements available but most of them are too deep.

The, ahem, opening on our young lady is a svelte 3-3/4 inches.


Her depth is even tighter. 3-1/4 inches front to back but the unit has to fit in a space more like 2-5/8 inches.



This will take some careful hunting.

Search terms: Antique Round Ansonia Clock Movement

Here's a pretty face.


Let's see are there other pictures that show the movement?


Aaauugghh!

Looks like it was sitting on the deck of someone's beach house for 50 years.

Let's try again.

And again. And again.

My determination to find a proper Ansonia movement was fruitless.

I set up a search alert. Every day I got an email with new listings for my search terms.

About 9 days later up popped this:


And its movement:



We have a candidate.

The seller did a good job describing the unit and was thoughtful about replying to my enquiries for details.

It was a gamble but I thought it would fit.

Buy.

Comments

  1. SaknussemJanuary 19, 2020 at 2:25 PM

    But the barnacle-clad movement from Davey Jone's Locker has so much more .... had a lot of.....was full of .....Aaauugghh!

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