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My watch maker friend gave me this clock to sell but, I'm not quite sure just what it is.  No makers name that I can find but, after opening it up I think it is a timing switch.  

What do you think?  It is very heavy and has great color.  It still is ticking if I flick the balance which is amazing to me because the workings have years of sprayed on oil.

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I would say its a timer of some sort. Looks like a 30 hour movement with extras, pin pallets and the normal type of balance you would expect to find in a 30 hour wind up. What I  find funny is what it says on the dial jeweled movement. There aren't any. 

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41 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

I would say its a timer of some sort. Looks like a 30 hour movement with extras, pin pallets and the normal type of balance you would expect to find in a 30 hour wind up. What I  find funny is what it says on the dial jeweled movement. There aren't any. 

yes, I noticed that as well about the jewels.  Some more research done and I'm finding similarity to early electric oven timers.  I think I may hold to this one for awhile and see how far I can bring it back.

 

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4 minutes ago, watchweasol said:

Hi Mo  I am with you on that one, the fact that there are two dial at the bottom and two switches on the rear marked on and off

the front has automatic and non-automatic too. I guess that center hole was for a toggle switch.

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So the device was made by the Lux  and this is the history of the company. founder worked for Waterbury Clock Co.  Do I have to tell you who they became in later years?  Ok, it was Timex.  I must have been a Waterbury employee in a former life because it just seem to follow me.  Very creepy!

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Lux Clock Manufacturing Company, founded in 1914 by Paul Lux. After being employed by the Waterbury Clock Company of Connecticut, Mr. Lux, along with his German-born wife Caroline, and sons Fred and Herman, decided to start their own clock business. The Lux Clock Manufacturing Company was based in Waterbury, Connecticut and produced only clock movements at that time. In the years that followed, the company grew and began making the entire clock unit. Lux Clock produced clocks until 1941, at which time they made war related products.

Clock production resumed after the war, and in 1954 a plant was established in Lebanon, Tennessee. By 1959 a Lux Time Ltd. facility was built in Ontario, Canada. In June 1961, the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company, a leading manufacturer of thermostats and controls, bought out the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company.[1]

Robertshaw also produced clocks and timers under the Robertshaw Controls Company, Lux Time Division name. Robertshaw sold its consumer division of the company in 1991 to Michael DeLuca and it was run by Paul Balon, CEO. The new company, Lux Products Corporation retained the original Lux name and continued to produce thermostats, timers, and additional household items.[2] Lux Products was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with its U.S. plant based in Laredo, Texas.

Johnson Controls Inc acquired the assets of Lux Products Corporation in October 2018.[3]

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