Mosler vault timer

zappa67casey

Hello, looking for any info you could provide.
has 2 16s waltham movements and one is a Recta 17 jewel

Doug MacQueen

Not sure what you are looking for, but Mosler did use Recta, Waltham as well as Illinois pocket watch movements in their timelocks. I don’t know the timeline of the use of these companies. I think I am correct in dating Mosler’s first timelock patent to 1916. Doug

zappa67casey

Thanks Doug,
Im just looking for any information at all about this time lock
age, possible providence, anything at all,
is it normal to have two different movements in one lock?

Doug MacQueen

No, it is not unusual to find different movements as long as they are the same number of hours. It is just the result of how some technicians would swap out individual movements for repair or cleaning. Unfortunately when I did bank vault service, which was only for a couple years way back when, I wasn’t paying that much attention to the age and history. I just wanted the vault to open when it should. 120 hr movements are typical of what I saw so they would be from the mid 1900’s, or later.

zappa67casey

thanks again Doug

wylk

It looks like all the timers’ dials say “Mosler Lock Company” and “Covington KY”?

The Mosler Lock Company (as opposed to the Mosler Safe Company) was in Covington from about 1920 to 1960.

In 1960 they moved to Milford, Ohio.

Later timers were marked Milford, then Hamilton, then no location at all. Some weren’t even marked Mosler but I don’t know if that’s because they were replaced by servicing or if Mosler sold some that way.

So the timers (and probably the case) would likely be from 1920 to 1960.

zappa67casey

Thank You