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Thank you for the pix. My 2 LCs are brass dial but I enjoy looking at the later ones too. Enjoy your new baby.
yes all the black has been redone and not too well. That could be fixed. The datewhhel seems to have been repainted completely. I think you may see something of the signature as the middle looks untouched, the signature will be the retailer but may have been the one who ordered the case.i see a nice period looking finish on the white base coat of the dial, but the rest looks to have been repainted to me? this could make it pretty difficult to see the remnants of a maker. the calendar complication seems to have a modern looking font. the clock is indeed a very nice example.
Here is a shot with better resolution:....and another point of reference. This shows the hands of a Scottish clock that I own from around 1830. The second hand is virtually identical to a couple of the earlier posts including yours.
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....and another point of reference. This shows the hands of a Scottish clock that I own from around 1830. The second hand is virtually identical to a couple of the earlier posts including yours.
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That's the plan. Half the fun is researching them. It appears William had a son called Henry, but he was a cabinet maker. There was a fire on his premises in 1961 and then he isn't mentioned again. Just says when William died he was survived by his wife and daughter. So assume that was that! I have a cousin in Norfolk who I might get to look into it a bit further as Caistor is just up the Road from her.Hi Love clocks, UV light in hand , you could open up a whole new insight into your clocks' history, hope you find out some more interesting things!
Presumably W Pybus was a family business, continued on way after the original wiliam had passed on.
David
Pybus is an unusual name; the eminent 19th century watch movement maker Joseph Preston, in Prescot, Lancashire, had a nephew called Harry Pybus, (born 1874), who carried on the business, eventually single-handedly, dying in 1952. Possibly some relation, considering the horological links?It turns out it was made by William Pybus of Caistor, Lincolnshire UK.
Der....I am I thick....should have said 1845....must check my messages!Hi LoveClocks. I think David’s point was that if William started his business in 1800 he would have been older than Methuselah when the business shut in 1945...
Yes, intrigue and a stiff drink....Thats OK, we need a bit of intrigue and impossibly old clockmakers in this endless lockdown we have here in melbourne!!