Who is the manufacturer of the New Haven clock?
Most of these labels note the manufacturer as “Jerome & Co.”, although a few contain the New Haven Clock Co. name, and the first two list the American Clock Co. The American Clock Co. was a New York City retailer for many Connecticut clock firms, the Jerome Manufacturing Co. among them, but these are thought to be from the New Haven Clock Co.
Who is the founder of the Jerome Clock Company?
The company’s mission is to mass produce inexpensive brass clock movements for use in clocks made by Camp’s uncle, Chauncy Jerome, founder of the the Jerome Manufacturing Company, located nearby. At th is time, the Jerome Manufacturing Company is a huge success, producing more than 440,000 clocks and timepieces per year.
Where was the American Clock co.located?
The American Clock Co. was a New York City retailer for many Connecticut clock firms, the Jerome Manufacturing Co. among them, but these are thought to be from the New Haven Clock Co. Many of the labels are displayed below, with my best guess for when they were used.
What makes a Chauncey Jerome Clock different from other clocks?
Print runs are distinguished by identical design elements but subtle differences in spacing of characters (for example, the spacing and position of letters in “THIRTY HOUR”). Unlike during the years of Chauncey Jerome’s operations, relatively few labels cover a much greater span of years.
Most of these labels note the manufacturer as “Jerome & Co.”, although a few contain the New Haven Clock Co. name, and the first two list the American Clock Co. The American Clock Co. was a New York City retailer for many Connecticut clock firms, the Jerome Manufacturing Co. among them, but these are thought to be from the New Haven Clock Co.
The company’s mission is to mass produce inexpensive brass clock movements for use in clocks made by Camp’s uncle, Chauncy Jerome, founder of the the Jerome Manufacturing Company, located nearby. At th is time, the Jerome Manufacturing Company is a huge success, producing more than 440,000 clocks and timepieces per year.
The American Clock Co. was a New York City retailer for many Connecticut clock firms, the Jerome Manufacturing Co. among them, but these are thought to be from the New Haven Clock Co. Many of the labels are displayed below, with my best guess for when they were used.
When did Chauncey Jerome make the patent case clock?
The patent case clock was made during the brief period Jerome worked for Wm. L. Gilbert a year after Jerome’s bankruptcy in 1856. The Jerome & Co. is (I believe) one of the few such labeled clocks that was actually made by Chauncey Jerome (the Jerome Manufacturing Co.) and not by the New Haven Clock Co.
