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Could any of our clock experts help me identify this movement, it came out of a gallery clock from the Southern Pacific Railway.

 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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Backside of clock movement, I don't see any identifying marks.

 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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cast-iron bracket marked CLOCK with gong

 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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Missing train wheels, pendulum bob, and hands

 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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Larry, It appears to be an Ansonia movement. Usually they are marked as such. They used movements in this configuration for many years. It was also copied by some Asian clock companies. Hope this helps.

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Posts: 251 | Location: Ashland, Wisconsin U.S.A. | Registered: November 22, 2002
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Thanks. Curly for answering my question, I don't think it's an Asian copy as it looks very old, and the dial to me is original coming from the Southern Pacific station in Tucson, Arizona

 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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GREETINGS LARRY, I NOTICED THAT THE RATCHET SPRINGS ARE FLAT PIECES OF SPRING STEEL WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A JAPANESE MOVEMENT ALSO THE ADJUSTMENT ON THE BACK PLATE TO BRING THE FLY PINION CLOSER TO ITS MATEING GEAR IS ALSO COMMON TO SOME JAPANESE MOVEMENTS, PLUS ANSONIA MARKED ALMOST ALL OF ITS MOVEMENTS. EDDIE
 
Posts: 140 | Location: St. Paul, Minnesota in the USA | Registered: June 11, 2008
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Thank you Eddie, I will have to look closer when I disassemble the clock for cleaning, and see if I can find any other identifying marks.

Larry
 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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