WOOD / GLASS 9 3/8 HT ANTIQUE BOOS REPEATING ALARM CLOCK TOLEDO OHIO TICKS For Sale

========#R=============VINTAGE SCARCE CLOCK OF WOOD / GLASS 9 3/8 HT ANTIQUE BOOS REPEATING ALARM CLOCK TOLEDO OHIO. PAPER LABEL ON BACK. GLASS, WOOD METAL BELL ON TOP. SHAKE IT AND IT STARTS RUNNING ALARM DOES NOT ALARM STARTED BUT STOPPED. NEEDS A CLEANING AND OILING. HARD TO FIND. BASE OF CLOCK IS 7 INCH BY 3 5/8 INCH. HEIGHT IS 9 3/8 INCH. DIALIS BRASS WITH PIERCED ARABIC NUMBERS. CLOCK DOES NOT SAY BUT LOOKS LIKE A ONE DAY CLOCK.

Ownership: The company was operated by William H. and William M. Boos, who also owned the Toledo Chewing Gum Co. [1]

Products: According to historical clock enthusiast records on the NAWCC Forums, the company produced items including alarm clocks (such as \"The Boos\" Repeating Alarm), a porcelain model, and mantel clocks in china cases featuring Gilbert movements marked with the Boos Clock Co. name. [1, 2]

Collectibility: These vintage wooden-case and repeating alarm clocks from Toledo are rare collector\'s items today, occasionally appearing at regional antique.

Boos Clock Co. made clocks and alarm clocks for the Toledo Chewing Gum Co. as premiums and was owned with William H Boos and William M Boos. They also owned the Toledo Chewing Co.They use Ingraham movements and I think they made the cases locally in Toledo.

Boos Clock Co.: \"Toledo, Ohio. Ca. 1910-1920. Glass and Wood alarm clock. \"The Boos Repeating Alarm – W.H. and W.M. Boos – Toledo, Ohio. William H. (father) and William M. (son). William M. Boos listed in 1920 as manufacturer. Also mantel clock in china case with Gilbert movement marked Boos Clock Co.\"

Boos, William H.: \"Toledo, Ohio. Ca. 1910 and earlier. . . . . In turn William H. was the father of William M. In Boos & Holbrock [sic], W.H. & W.M. Boos and possibly Boos Clock Co.\" (NOTE: \"Holbrock\" should be \"Holbrook\". Boos & Holbrook seem to have been in the coffee business, Anchor Coffee.)

Boos, William M.: \"Toledo, Ohio. Ca. 1920. Manufacturer and clockmaker. With father in W.H. & W.M. Boos. Most likely alone in Boos Clock. Co.