019-T-1291

LUX COMMEMORATIVE NOVELTY TIMEPIECE & BANK
INDEX # : 019-T-1291

circa: 1925-1926

CLOCK STYLE Novelty/Bank

CLOCK NAME Liberty Bell

MANUFACTURE Lux Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn.

CASE MODEL # N/A

MOVEMENT TYPE Brass, balance wheel, 30-hour, Time only. Pin lever escapement, non-jeweled.

CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION Base = 7", Height = 9 ¾", Depth = 4 ¾"

LABEL INFORMATION No label - original.

DIAL INFORMATION

2" gold colored metal dial with black Arabic numerals.

MISC. FEATURES Liberty Bell souvenir clock and bank with inscription:
"Souvenir / The Sequa Centennial / International Exposition / 1776 / Philadelphia 1926 / 150 Years / American Independence"

ACQUIRED FROM Christmas gift from my parents in December 1991.

CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED Not running.

RESTORATION January 1992 - Cleaned case and movement, and set clock to running.

HISTORICAL DATA

Timepiece was originally owned by Mr. T. Fitzgerald's father, who owned Fitzgerald's Trucking Co. in Warren, PA.
The Lux Manufacturing Co. was founded by Paul Lux in 1917. He was a native of Germany, and had worked for the Waterbury Clock Co. for 28 years. Produced timers, alarms, and novelty clocks under the management of Lux, his sons and grandsons. The Keebler Clock Company marketed many of their clocks. Lux built a second plant in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1950. In June of 1961 the company was taken over by the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company.

The image to the left is the Lux Clock Co. as it appeared c. 1920.

REFERENCES 1. NAWCC Bulletin #319, "Lux and Keebler Pendulette Clocks" article by Mel Kaye (NJ), page 155.
2. "Waterbury - A Pictorial History 1674-1974", Pequot Press, 1974. 3."luxclocks.net" - A terrific website with good information to help identify many different Lux Clock models.

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CLOCK STYLE	Novelty/Bank
CLOCK NAME	Liberty Bell
MANUFACTURE	Lux Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
CASE MODEL #	N/A
MOVEMENT TYPE	Brass, balance wheel, 30-hour, Time only. Pin lever escapement, non-jeweled.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base = 7", Height = 9 ¾", Depth = 4 ¾"
LABEL INFORMATION	No label - original.
DIAL INFORMATION	2" gold colored metal dial with black Arabic numerals.
MISC. FEATURES	Liberty Bell souvenir clock and bank with inscription: "Souvenir / The Sequa Centennial / International Exposition / 1776 / Philadelphia 1926 / 150 Years / American Independence"
ACQUIRED FROM	Christmas gift from my parents in December 1991.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Not running.
RESTORATION	January 1992 - Cleaned case and movement, and set clock to running.
HISTORICAL DATA	Timepiece was originally owned by Mr. T. Fitzgerald's father, who owned Fitzgerald's Trucking Co. in Warren, PA. The Lux Manufacturing Co. was founded by Paul Lux in 1917. He was a native of Germany, and had worked for the Waterbury Clock Co. for 28 years. Produced timers, alarms, and novelty clocks under the management of Lux, his sons and grandsons. The Keebler Clock Company marketed many of their clocks. Lux built a second plant in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1950. In June of 1961 the company was taken over by the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company. The image to the left is the Lux Clock Co. as it appeared c. 1920.
REFERENCES	1. NAWCC Bulletin #319, "Lux and Keebler Pendulette Clocks" article by Mel Kaye (NJ), page 155. 2. "Waterbury - A Pictorial History 1674-1974", Pequot Press, 1974. 3."luxclocks.net" - A terrific website with good information to help identify many different Lux Clock models.
NOTES	N/A