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C.1939, Seth Thomas, "Regulator No. 71", with robust #68 movement with jeweled pallets and fitted with master contact /at one minute intervals. Condition: this clock is in very good original condition, with some points that need mentioning. The inside once had a bracket for pilot clocks on the right side, and notches are there for that bracket. There is a dry split inside the top of the door that is not visible from the outside. This clock hung in Houston in the office of a petroleum executive for the last several years. For details on this model, see Tran Ly's book titled "Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements, Third Edition, page 314. Recall Howard used similar "laboratory" styling on their Reg'r #74. Ly values this clock at 5500 dollars. Height 60 inches
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