rare unusual antique clock

Description

most unusual antique clock which has had the old rusted clockwork movement replaced by a non chiming quartz battery movement, it looks as it always did but now never needs winding, keeps perfect time and no chimes to annoy you, what makes this clock so interesting is that it was presented to a Miss M E Evans by the staff of john marston company who were the first motor cycle manufacturers in england in wolverhampton in the very earl 1900s , this was presented to her about this time, , this clock has had a interesting life at sometime was acquired by the owner of a coin shop that used to be near kings college cambridge , he used to stick coins on clock dials and display them in his shop and sell them to coin collectors , a hoard of these clocks was found by the contractors renovating the building and l bought about 30 of them , this one had old brass 3 penny pieces as numbers, the dial has been re polished and so have the coins and re attached to the dial, a really unusual clock it is 16 inches wide x 11 and 1/2 inches tall x 6 inches deep comes working perfectly and with a new battery, maybe of interest to any old motor cylcle collectors,

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