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Rare 1876 sargent & greenleaf model 2.4 Safe Time Lock STL Antique Clock Diebold key also numbered..... time lock is serializes with 250 found a nice article on this model online, copied some of the info.....guy saying theres only 3 of the 2.4's known to still exist.... this may be one of the three or a fourth one.....info from website below...... not all my info.....his is a different number.This Sargent & Greenleaf Safe-Time-Lock (STL) is a model 2.4 according to [1] p. 152, and only three other STLs like this one are known to have survieved. According to [1], between 150 and 200 STLs of the model 2.4 were made in 1876 and into the beginning of 1877. [1] refers to the wonderful book “American Genius, Nineteenth Century Bank Locks and Time Locks, by John Erroll & David Erroll”, published in 2006. The photography is outstanding, the research and descriptions of STL’s meticulous; the book is one of my favorit books (and I have a lot of books!) You can buy one on Amazon or AbeBooks for as little as $25.Sargent & Greenleaf introduced his first STL in 1874. The first STL sold on June 11, 1874. Only two of the model 1 survived, ([1] p.148). Sargent & Greenleaf made its own clockwerk movements unlike other manufacturers of STLs. The model 2.1 followed with a power reserve of 46 hours but with wheels showing time up to 48 hours. The model 2.1 was replaced after a short life with model 2.2. Only one example of the model 2.1 survived, it is the one with the serial number 66.Sargent & Greenleaf’s earliest patent application dates to July 12, 1875 and was promptly issued eight days later on July 20, 1875 with the number 165,878 (see pictrues above.) Unlike other STL makers, the early Sargent & Greenleaf STLs have a gravity operated Bolt.Model 2.3 is recognized as having as an improvement “the fixed-arbor dials with dials attached at the front by a screw and washer assembly, making accurate servicing easier”, [1] p. 152. See picture 14 above. There are four examples known to have survived of the model 2.3.The model offered here is a model 2.4; about 150 to 200 were made in 1876 and into the beginning of 1877. Three STLs of this model were known to exist before the lock offered here was discovered. The STL offered here has the serial number 496 stamped into the case in two places, obove the lock as shown in picture #15, underneath the rollerbolt as shown in picture #16, and on the back of the back-plate.The model 2.3 had rough leaf-and-vine engraving on the movement’s front plate which is no longer present on the model 2.4. The number 391 is stamped into the back of the front plate, see picture # 17. According to [1], “added engraved nickel-plating to the rollerbolt was applied”. The nickel-plating on the STL offered here differs. The model 2.4 pictured in [1] p.154 shows not only the rollerbolt nickel plated, all the members beneath the movements are nickel-plated; the hook-lever, rollerbolt tail rollerbolt, spindle, and back-plate, everything is nickel plated The model 2.4 offered here shows a more interesting scheme; the hook-lever is nickel-plated, the rollerbolt-tail is gold-plated, the rollerbolt is nickel-plated, the spindel gold-plated, and the back-plate nickel-plated. In this authors opinion, a much more visually attractive finish.The model 2.5 followed whith hinges inside the case; none of the model 2.5 STLs is known to have survived. The model 2.6 featured a redisigned rollerbolt refered to as cello-bolt due to its shape as a cello.Sargent & Greenleaf’s price for one of the model 2 STL was a hefty $400; more than $9,000 in today’s value of the US$. The safe itself was often less expensive than the STL.This STL is rather large and heavy; the case measures 8.25 by 6.5 by 2.75 inches and weighs 17.1 lb. The STL still retains his windup key (see pictrure #13) and a key for the door-lock (not original to the lock).selling as pictured.more than welcome to pick up at shop in butler pa & save shipping. 7324 cg home (Condition: Brand New)

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