Tick-tocking for 200 years

One of our Benson family grandfather clocks turned 200 the other day. There are others as old or older, but this one, a New Jersey Tall Case, is unique because its pendulum bob is engraved and dated by the clockmaker. 

 

Inside the door are lead pencil notes and labels signed and dated by clock repairers over the years, the oldest from 1868.