Book Board Chat

Mystery – You’ve got a circa 1900 New Haven alarm clock. Interesting wooden case. It probably needs a good cleaning to work properly because sometimes the mainspring gets gummed up from old lubricant and starts to stick and so won’t unwind cleanly. Looks like you could pry out the small nails or brads holding the back on the case look at the the movement in the case that way. Take another look-see for maker marks on the movement. The movement is probably held inside the case with some screws.