Featuring a distinctive round forged brass case resting on a mahogany base which can be easily removed. A speed switch, two winding ports, and the words "Chelsea Ship's Bell" can be seen on the face, which has only a minute and an hour hand. A cover opens on the right side for ease of access. 

Condition: No key. We cannot guarantee the working condition of any timepiece. 

Size: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. 

The Ship’s Bell clock was first patented by the Chelsea Clock Company of Massachusetts in 1898, utilizing a movement which the company named “4L” which includes a distinguished chime coordinated with a mariner’s bell code for keeping watch at sea. Alerting mariners to time during their “watch” by employing the unique Ship’s Bell chime earned the Company the name “Timekeepers of the Sea.” By the middle of the 20th Century, Chelsea was the only American company still making Ship’s Bell clocks, with a handful produced outside the country by Helveco, a Swiss clockmaker that produced luxury timepieces for companies like Imhof and L'Épée in highly collectible shapes like seashells and nautical wheels. Today, the Ship’s Bell movement is one of the last remaining mechanical movements still produced in the United States, as nearly all others were abandoned once the quartz movement was introduced. 

No key. We cannot guarantee the working condition of any timepiece. 

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