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Rempe Manufacturing Company
Danville, Pennsylvania
1903-1905
Henry
Rempe a Danville, Pa. Jeweler held patents #407,243 also 499,176 also 734,366 and 737,019 and per his 1904 catalog he built
eight models of shelf clocks and seven models of wall regulator clocks. The company was short lived and was in business as
far as I can find from 1903-1905. It is believed that very few of his clocks were made and even less has survived. The cases
for the clocks were made by Muncy Mfg. Co and the West Branch Novelty Co. being 15 to 20 miles west of Danville, Pa. on the
east and west bank of the west branch of the Susquehanna River. The Directions and the movement have the patent dates but
do not have the patent numbers.
The power for these clocks came from two dry cell No. #6 batteries like the Columbia
Dry Cell No. 6 which would activate the two levers and two springs that ran the clock movement.
The Rempe clocks were
advertised in the Jeweler's Circular-Weekly and on there front of their catalog as "The Clock That Goes without Winding" and
should run for two plus years on a new set of # 6 batteries.
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Shelf Model # 3
Solid Oak Case
Circa 1903
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