New Haven had between the plates alarms. It wil be interesting to see the movement in your clock when you receive it.
Well, you seem to imply that the one system pre-dated the other and that most manufacturers (the industry") had a between-the-plates alarm. I actually think that the external alarm may have been around before a between the plates alarm (subject to correction on this point, please), but certainly both types co-existed at some point (New Haven used both). As to my other point ("the industry"), off-hand, I can recall no manufacturer in America that used between the plates alarms other than New Haven (again, subject to correction, please). Well, I believe Jerome also did it, and that may be where NH got the idea. I would be willing to hazard that few manufacturers used between the plates alarms, whatever the reason. JMO.
And a Happy Turkey to you, Bruce. It would be nice, I sometimes think, to have a thread on American movements to get a look at the various types. Sometimes, we are all limited by what we have seen (and remember
) in our horological travels.
My Derby is a 30-hour, though I have seen what was purported to be an 8-day version. The style of your steeple clock looks like earlier model steepless, and Jerome produced similar steeples (Gothics), ranging from 19" to 22 1/2" high. But a peek at the movement in yours will tell the story.
