Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 8/5/2007

Question
I recently acquired a Ridgeway Grandfather Clock Model #9913, Serial #99025409. Would like to know how old it is and approximate value. It is cable driven, triple chime and movement is marked CCN. It works perfectly and looks like new all around.

Answer
Hermle quit putting the year of manufacture on the back plate of their clocks in 1988- buyers of clocks made by furniture companies like Howard Miller , etc were getting upset customers to complain that the date on the movement did not match sometimes the year they bought the clock (what with shipping, handling, build time, storage and time on the retail showroom floor, etc.)

 Hermle started in 1988 coding the date with letters
A = 1988   


your Ridgeway may have a Hermle movement and thus you can get a date.