WESTCLOX !! Rare Antique 1910 Westclox Big Ben Alarm Clock - "Bell Back Design"

RARE ANTIQUE 1910 WESTCLOX BIG BEN ALARM CLOCK MANUFACTURED BY WESTERN CLOCK COMPANY, LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, USA

ALTHOUGH THIS CLOCK DOES NOT APPEAR TO FUNCTION AND BOTH SCREW ON/OFF LEGS ARE UNAVAILABLE, THE CLOCK HAS NO DAMAGES AND ALL PARTS ARE WITHIN THE CASING.

THE "BIG BEN" WESTCLOX ALARM CLOCK UNDER WHICH THE PATENT NUMBER ON THE ITEMS CASE IS REGISTERED AND MANUFACTURED WAS BETWEEN 1908 and 1910.  

IN 1885 CHARLES STAHLBERG FORMED THE UNITED CLOCK COMPANY IN PERU, ILLINOIS BUT THE COMPANY CLOSED WITHIN A YEAR.  IN 1887 THE COMPANY REORGANIZED UNDER A NEW NAME - WESTERN CLOCK COMPANY - AND AGAIN IT CLOSED WITHIN A YEAR.   IN 1888 THE COMPANY WAS REOPENED BY F.W MATTHIESSEN AS THE - WESTERN CLOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY - AND IN 1908 RECEIVED A PATENT FOR THE "BIG BEN" ALARM CLOCK MOVEMENT.  THE MOVEMENT HAS A BELL-BACK DESIGN, MEANING THAT THE BELL MECHANISM IS INTEGRAL TO THE CLOCK'S CASE AND BY 1910 THE BIG-BEN WAS THE FIRST ALARM CLOCK ADVERTISED NATIONALLY. 

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE CLOCK FACE IS MARKED - "WESTCLOX, BIG BEN, MADE BY WESTERN CLOCK Co, LA SALLE, ILL. USA"  THE BACK OF THE CASE IS IMPRESSED WITH THE PATENT NUMBERS AND - "MADE IN USA"

CONDITION : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

SIZE : 13cm DIAMETER.....5.7cm FRONT TO BACK WITHOUT KEYS/DIALS

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