Seth Thomas was born on Aug. 19, 1785, and at an early age entered into an apprenticeship to become a carpenter or cabinetmaker. He went to work in either 1807 or 1808, depending on the source ...

Hundreds of thousands of inexpensive kitchen and parlor clocks were made from 1890 to 1915 by America’s largest clock companies, including Ansonia, Gilbert, Ingraham, New Haven, Seth Thomas ...

Mayor David Narkewicz re-dedicated the century-old Seth Thomas Clock. The clock has been restored, and moved to the Pulaski Park area. Former Mayor Calvin Coolidge dedicated the clock in 1910.

D ear John: I have owned this old Seth Thomas wall clock for several years. I understand that it is a No. 2 Regulator which was manufactured by Seth Thomas for many years in the late 1800s and ...

Seth Thomas clocks were perhaps the most popular brand in America for most of a century. Their namesake, born in Connecticut in 1785, got his start working for other clockmakers.

If you look below the 6 on the dial you will likely find in tiny print Seth Thomas Clock Company. Your clock was made between 1900 and World War I. Potential dollar value is less than $100.

Starting in 1882, the Seth Thomas Clock Company of Thomaston, Conn., achieved the marble look by gluing celluloid (an early plastic) veneer onto a wooden clock base.

Q. I have a banjo clock made by the famous clockmaker Seth Thomas. I remember this clock from my earliest childhood, and it runs perfectly. I would love to know the identity of the ships depicted ...

Born in Connecticut in 1785, Seth Thomas left his mark as a clock-maker. In the early 1800s he used mountain laurel wood to make the delicate interior wheels.

Q: The enclosed pictures are of a Seth Thomas wind-up clock that I acquired at an auction in Sullivan County, N.Y., back in the 1970s. The glass in the door that opens to the clock face is missing.