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Jan 2020 - 58
Antique American Clocks
Waltham Watch Co. banjo, 1932-1938.
This is a 41-inch case with an uncommon
red crackle paint finish and gilt crossbanding that was offered on a limited number of models.
It holds a platform escapement
8-day, time-only movement that is signed "Waltham Watch Co" and is also used in their three-quarter-size banjo.
Although a repair
receipt shows that the platform movement was repaired in 2006, I was not able to get the movement to run.
The iron dial has
the original paint (with touch-up around the winding arbor) and original hands and is signed, the dial glass is convex.
both reverse-painted glasses are original, the tablet showing the Boston State House.
It appears that the veneer on the upper
portion of the case was repaired and repainted.
I can't find that Horton's has sold a lever movement Waltham banjo and I couldn't
find a recent sale of this model elsewhere.