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
