Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video shows a restored Pillard time lock model #3 movement from the New Britain Lock Co. Pillard time locks are amongst the rarest in existence as Yale had won a patent infringement lawsuit against the company and aggressively pursued any bank that had one. Yale offered to avert suing if they removed the lock and replaced it with Yale's time lock and then promptly melted down the confiscated Pillard locks. Of the original 170 locks (models one, two and three) that the Pillard company produced, only eight are known to have survived, of which five are in museums and three in private hands. The lock from which this movement comes from is the only one that has the front movement plate that is engraved. It is likely that this was done by the engravers from the Parker Brothers firearms company as they were located in Meridian only ten miles from New Britain, Connecticut. The complex, triple plate design movement was made by Laporte Hubble, Forestville Connecticut. You can see the complete history and description of this time lock at: my-time-machines.net/pillard_3a.htm.
This video shows a restored Pillard time lock model #3 movement from the New Britain Lock Co. Pillard time locks are amongst the rarest in existence as Yale had won a patent infringement lawsuit against the company and aggressively pursued any bank that had one. Yale offered to avert suing if they removed the lock and replaced it with Yale's time lock and then promptly melted down the confiscated Pillard locks. Of the original 170 locks (models one, two and three) that the Pillard company produced, only eight are known to have survived, of which five are in museums and three in private hands. The lock from which this movement comes from is the only one that has the front movement plate that is engraved. It is likely that this was done by the engravers from the Parker Brothers firearms company as they were located in Meridian only ten miles from New Britain, Connecticut. The complex, triple plate design movement was made by Laporte Hubble, Forestville Connecticut. You can see the complete history and description of this time lock at: my-time-machines.net/pillard_3a.htm.
