Howard Miller Triple Chime

[ricardopalamino]

Aloha All , 

I'm not really a collector of clocks or pocket watches , although I have a few of each I picked up in my searches down different avenues . 

I managed to pick up this Howard Miller Triple Chime Mantle clock at the swap meet for $65 with intentions to resell it on craigslist or ebay . I think the model is called ,"Bellingham" .

This particular clock has triple chimes that can be selected with a lever behind the dial glass and it can also be silenced with the same lever .  It has 8 hammers and what ever you call the things that the hammer strikes . What struck me is the beautiful tone of the chimes . The chimes that can be selected are called Whitt. , St. Michael's , and Westminster ,...I think . Please correct if I'm in error on these chime names .  Anyway , I am partial to the St . Michaels chime ,...very nice , melodic , and mellow .

And some Pics to share...

Thanks , 

Louis

 

 

Edited September 5, 2017 by ricardopalamino

[SSTEEL]

Thats a beautiful clock, I wish to invest in a nice mechanical clock, my first clock was a bit of a let down, but it was cheap, so no loss.

[clockboy]

Thats a nice clock.It looks like it has a newish case & dial. I would also say it is what is called a Napoleon hat style case and the movement has a floating balance which has the advantage of not needing to be exactly level for it to work efficiently.

[oldhippy]

The hammers hit what is called gongs. What you have is an 8 day floating balance underslung Westminster Whittington St Michaels chime. The style of hands are called Serpentine and the case is a style called napoleon.

[vinn3]

its a "tamborie" i believe.

[ricardopalamino]

Thanks for all the great Info fellows .

Clockboy ,  I may be mistaken , but I don't think the clock is that old . In my little bit of research I think I found an approx . date of manufacture and I seem to remember I was surprised that it was older then I thought it might be . 

Oldhippy , you are , as always , a plethora of information .  I'm glad you chimed in .....Yuk Yuk..

Howzit vinn3 , ....what's a "tamborie" ?

[clockboy]

I agree it does not have a great deal of age but still very nice. 

[oldhippy]

I would say its from the 1980's and upwards.

Its made of a combination including brass which is by old standards soft, the steel is also very poor.

[wls1971]

The movement is a Franz Hermle 1050-020 rebadged for Howard Miller it is as already stated very modern. Franz hermle movements are date coded they use to have up until 1988 a two digit number representing the year 85, 1985 86, 1986 and so on, they then changed to a date letter starting off with A, in 1988 B, 1989, C, 1990 and so on. Look just above the Howard Miller stamp and see if there is a date letter that should give you the year of manufacture.

Edited September 5, 2017 by wls1971

[ricardopalamino]

6 hours ago, oldhippy said:

I would say its from the 1980's and upwards.

Its made of a combination including brass which is by old standards soft, the steel is also very poor.

 

Okay , now I see why it sounds so good . Nothing to hold it back .

[oldhippy]

The good sound of the Strike/chime is all down to what the case is made of.