They are sold as Synchronomes, which indeed they are, but they were not built by the factory! All the factory built models should have a unique serial number on the Advance / Retard plate, something that a lot of clocks on Ebay do not have. So that cheap Synchronome on Ebay may not be such a good buy - always check for the serial number as a starter. A poorly made kit version will run, but the resultant finish, and certainly the accuracy, of some of these kits can be a long way below the genuine Synchronome standard. Although having said that the factory did also supply these clocks in a kit for the home engineer to assemble himself. These are generally regarded as one of the most accurate systems, and thus were normally built to a very high standard. Twenty-four-hour dial with subsidiary seconds, electromagnet coils covered in black, seconds pendulum with invar rod, all in a rounded corner oak case, ht. The Glasgow School of Art was completed in 1909, but the site dedicated to the Synchronome Master Clock has date pages: Synchronome Serial Number Dating and Synchronome Serial Number Dating 2, showing the production numbers for the clock, and this only goes back to 1914.
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