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Sunday, March 28. 2021

An eminent Connecticut Yankee: Seth Thomas

Everybody has seen Seth Thomas clocks. Seth Thomas, born in 1785, brought mass production to clockmaking in the US.


The Seth Thomas company had a good run, going defunct in 2009. The factory employed so many people that the town's name was changed from Plymouth Hollow to Thomaston.


Yes, the clock in Grand Central Terminal was a Seth Thomas company product. 

Posted by The Barrister in History at 14:36 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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There were quite a few New England clock makers in the 1700's and 1800's. My father had a Daniel Pratt weight driven mantle clock which he would run every now and then. I think it was a 24 hour movement so he only ran it to keep it from having problems. Too much trouble to care for everyday.
#1 OneGuy on 2021-03-28 15:23 (Reply)
I've got two, both from the late 1800's and one of them was my great granddad's farm clock. Aside from striking the hour, it also has a separate alarm mechanism. You set it by turning a separate inner bezel behind the hands, wind up a separate spring, and then it will go off whenever the desired time is next encountered. It strikes a separate (distinctly different) continuous bell until the spring is fully unwound. It will definitely wake you up. Both keep excellent time.
#2 Aggie on 2021-03-28 17:19 (Reply)
What caused the company to close down?
#3 Apple Pie on 2021-03-29 00:17 (Reply)
I have a Seth Thomas mantle clock that I found discarded in a trash can when I was ten years old. I took it home and my grandfather lubricated the mechanism. That was 73 years ago and it had probably been in use for fifty or so years before I found it. It still keeps good time and chimes the quarter hours.
#4 Mike K (Link) on 2021-03-29 11:11 (Reply)

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