Hollar Time Lock Company

Model 2. Circa 1898. This small company used the earliest 'M' sized movements supplied by Seth Thomas about the time E. Howard exited the time lock business in 1896. This example also has a set of the very rare 96 hour version of the standard 72 hour design. It was thought that there were only three of these movements existing until this example with four was found.* This company's unique design incorporated an electrical device (located behind the top front  logo plate ) that could, in case of an emergency, allow the time locks to be rewound without having to open the  vault door. This could be useful in the case of a civil catastrophe such as riot or fire. Apparently this was not a feature that the market felt justified the extra cost. Less than 100 Hollar locks were made in two design formats of which only two of each format are known to survive. Given the many similarities in the case design and the fact that Hollar's movements were interchangeable with Yale's, there must have been some manufacturing cooperation between these two firms. Case #362, movements consecutively numbered M.H. 69, M.H. 70, M.H. 71, M.H. 72. The M.H. designation for the 'M' size and 'H' for Hollar. The serial numbers are the earliest known Seth Thomas made movements replacing Howard's for the Yale "coffin" style format. file 11

Lastly are photos of a vault door with the first Hollar design using a Yale automatic bolt motor. It was made by the Detroit Safe Company.

*American Genius, John & David Erroll, pp. 276.