It was in bad shape. The glass was gone, and the works were just a block of rust. I got the clock on a trip to Hobby Lobby with my wife for $5. The name of that place is a total bait-and-switch, very little of what I consider "hobby" on sale there, but my wife loves it.
I'm so happy how it turned out that I'm kind of on a look out for rough gauges now to make a second for my office. Nothing else I have in my collection is in bad enough shape for me to want to destroy them, and I think it makes a better looking clock if it is a little tattered.
Brian