Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1 movement

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A. Model LS31. (sometimes called a 'bathtub' time lock due to the shape of the brass case housing the combination lock) and marketed by Yale as the Yale Duplex Time and Combination Lock. This time lock was designed specifically for use in a bank chest designed by the Manganese Steel Safe Co. Each lock contained one Seth Thomas made 72 hour movement along with a four tumbler combination lock. The safe contained a pair of these so as to encompass two combination locks and two time locks. Production runs for this lock ran from 1904 through 1915. Of a total of about 2000 of these locks made, about 300 of these locks are now known to survive; fewer than 100 in sequentially numbered pairs. Movement #32,393 case#541 and #32,394 case#542. Two movement version. file 17

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