I've had this night watchman's clock for a number of years. It seems to keep great time. Can anyone tell me about it?

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Hello Steve, I cannot provide any details about your clock, but I am somewhat familiar with their use. I was formerly employed in a large glass plant. There were stations at various locations that the watchmen were required to visit on their rounds. Each station had a key that had to be inserted into the clock to record that the watchman had indeed made his rounds. These clocks must be well made, as I witnessed one watchman throw one down a flight of steps in an attempt to break it, so he wouldn't have to make his patrol. Like a Timex," it took a licking and kept on ticking "

Wow, that is a great story. This thing also has a small spool of paper in it that was supposed to record the time that the watchman clocked into each station. Thanks for your help.

Steve,

Watchclock collecting can be a lot of fun! You can see some at my old defunct website at
http://williamkapp.fortunecity.com/

From there there is a link to Watchclock Notebook which is the Detex site.

happy hunting

Thanks a lot! I will look through this.

Steve

The bulletin had several articles on these clock a few years back. That may help you. I have a " Dexter Newman and a Latham , They have excellent movements.
Did you remove the guard to photograph your clock?
gmaci

No, I'll do that as soon as my daughter returns my camera that she borrowed last week.