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4H87  The Kirkwood

I always assumed this was mahogany until I got all that finish off it.  Then I could see it was the same kind of wood used in the Snug.  It's not a particularly pretty wood (my friend, Joseph calls it "monkeywood") so they stained it so dark that the grain would never show.

From reading this page, you might think I just strip and refinish every clock I get my hands on.  That's not true.  It's just that a great many clocks pass through my doors and some would just never get displayed without a complete makeover.
 
Production of this model was suspended due to the War and never resumed.
back to the War yearsto the 4H88 Wareham
 

Alternate and presumably earlier Kirkwood dial (right) had a grey numeral band.