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Chelsea Clock Company:
The First Hundred Years
Authored by Andrew and David Demeter.
“The founding of the Company and the early era from start-up to maturity is chronicled here with clarity unlike any previous knowledge. It reads like a modern day business start-up story with its tales of stock dealing, bankruptcy and near disasters.”
- Rick Leavitt, Past CEO, Chelsea Clock Company
“The Demeters recount all of Chelsea’s changes in name, mission and ownership. In the model identification section the clock descriptions are not mere facsimiles of catalog copy; instead, the Demeters wrote their own, supplying tidbits about each clock’s manufacture and marketing and noting which ones are rarest and why. Using sales ledgers and manufacturing records, the Demeters also developed an invaluable guide for dating Chelsea’s based on serial numbers.”
- Maine Antique Digest
“The Demeters, who reside locally to Chelsea, conducted numerous interviews and painstakingly searched public and private records in preparation of this book. Based on the authors’ ten years experience as a Chelsea Clock collector and historian, an indication of each models rarity is included. Well worth the wait, this treatise is a good read on multiple levels – American social history as well as that of Chelsea Clock, Timekeepers of the Sea.” - Horological Times |
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