Sessions Clocks

In operation in Forrestville, Connecticut from 1903 to 1969, Sessions Clocks took part in a renaissance of American clockmaking. Antique and vintage Sessions clocks, as well as many other clock makers from this area and time, offer unique qualities to any collection. Classic collectors especially prize the Advertiser clocks made between 1903-1933 which featured the logo of companies who had commisioned the design.

Old Sessions clocks are easily repaired by professionals, because they often utilize standard mechanisms from the time period. Classic, but cheap, Sessions clocks can often be found at antique stores as will in many eBay shops.

The Sessions Clock Company was another of the great clock making companies of Victorian-era Connecticut. Almost every clock produced in America between 1800 and 1950 was made by either E Ingraham, New Haven Clock Co., Seth Thomas Clock Co.,Waterbruy Clock Co., Sessions, or E.N. Welch.

In about 1900, Wm. E. Sessions and some relatives bought a huge interest in E.N. Welch Co., which was based in Forrestville, CT. William Sessions father had operated a foundry in Bristol, CT, and that foundry had been producing cases for E.N. Welch. On January 9 of 1903 the partnership officially became Sessions Clock Company. This was a typical story of a material supplier and a clockmaker with technical knowhow joining forces to produce superior timepieces. Many of the old Connecticut clock firms formed this same way.

It wasn't long before Sessions was making clock movement, cases, dials, art, castings, and much else that went into their mechanical clocks. Between '03 and '33 Sessions was making 52 different varieties of clocks. They made everything from 'Advertisers' with business logos incorporated into the design, to wall clocks, to regulator clocks, to shelf and mantle clocks, and everything in between. The 1903-1933 era clocks made by Sessions are the real holy grail of Sessions clocks and continue to captivate many collectors.