That's sad, it must have sold for way lower than its true value (not to mention sentimental value), prices have risen steeply in recent years too. Far too many master clocks were simply torn off the wall and skipped when buildings were demolished, together with all their slaves.
I've wanted a Synchronome since I was 11 and first saw the one at my senior school. I'd more or less given up on getting one until I found this relative buy-now bargain, so I'm still grinning like a Cheshire cat (which coincidentally is where it came from
![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xsmiley.gif.pagespeed.ic.R8GFI-pF6f.png)
). Hard to believe that a pendulum clock can be
that accurate, as near as I can judge, within <100ms since Saturday! Even the original guarantee of <2s per week is pretty amazing.