This is more than just a ceiling fan – it’s a piece of American history. I specialize in the. Restoration of antique ceiling fans. Bringing timeless craftsmanship back to life with care and precision. If you value character, quality, and a legacy of American manufacturing, you’re in the right place. Period Correct for any home built from 1900 thru 1940. Made in Warren OH, the birthplace of the Packard Automobile. ? 1925 SUPER RARE PEERLESS ANTIQUE CEILING FAN?? Fully Restored – Lifetime Guaranteed – American Made Powerhouse. : Without equal; unmatched in quality. This is not just a fan-it’s a mechanical masterpiece. Built in 1925 and beautifully restored, this Peerless ceiling fan combines history, performance, and enduring craftsmanship in a compact, elegant design that runs smoother with more power than fans made decades later. Restored with 40+ hours of professional work. Oil Bath Bearing System – Has preserved this fan for 100 years and now restored for another 100 years. The oversized oil cup holds 4 ounces, about 4 times more than your vintage hunters who have a 10 year oil supply, so it is safe to tell to your grandchildren to check the oil in the year 2165, should it start making a little noise. The Hunter Original Oil Bath fans made in the US held only 1 oz (6 teaspoons). Like all oil bath fans they lose oil only thru evaporation, so that is why the oil lasts so long before you will hear the fan start making a little noise, fear not, no damage will occurs to the heavy duty bearings unless you ran it for over a year without oil. Make sure the fan gets serviced, not thrown away by some dim wit grandchild, use your label maker to place a small label on the wall switch “Should this fan ever make noise, just add oil”. Industrial Applications like running the fan in a hot dusty warehouse 24/7 may use oil faster and get dirtier requiring a check every 20 years, It also features an oil drain screw for quick drain and fills. Remember for normal household applications it will be fill it and forget it, till you meet Jesus or go to limbo to wait for judgement day. BTW synthetic 30W non-detergent evaporates even slower to last even longer. Unique Light Fitter – Found only on this model. ? PERFORMANCE THAT DEFIES AGE. This 100-year-old fan outperforms even the iconic Hunter Originals from the 1980s-2000s, delivering an estimated 8,000 CFM, confirmed by handheld wind meter testing (30% higher than the 6,000 CFM Vintage Hunters). And it does this while being 20% smaller in size. You truly have to feel it to believe it. Motor Coil Re-Laminated by a professional shop (Tampa, FL). Shaft & Armature Opening Resurfaced for smooth, aligned rotation. Oil Return Hole Cleaned & Verified Functional. 6-Coat Refinish : Primer? Color (2 coats)? Metal Flake? Clear (2 coats). AC Line In Cord Replaced & connected with WAGO lever nuts. 48 Extra Lead Wire for longer downrods or high ceilings. Speed Coil Tested – ready for switch installation if desired. Tested for Weeks – Runs cool, smooth, and silent. ? Note: The blades and blade arms are not original but are a faithful match. The final photo is NOT of this fan but shows how the oil bath system works, the bearing is covered in the oil cup usually within 1/2 of the top of the cup and can last for a decade or more before it slowly evaporates, synthetic even longer. ? CUSTOM LIGHT FITTER – RARE FEATURE. The light fitter on this fan is not found on any other Peerless model we’ve seen-a custom, period-correct piece that enhances both its visual charm and utility. Because we receive dozens of messages daily we simply have no time for, so, the best way for serious buyers to reach us is by using the business card shown in the photos. ? A LEGACY OF AMERICAN ENGINEERING. ? The Peerless Story. Manufactured by the Warren Electric Manufacturing Company of Warren, Ohio, Peerless fans were known for. Sturdy cast iron construction. Durable, quiet shaded-pole motors. Direct competition with Emerson, GE, and R&M. Peerless introduced ceiling fans in 1908 and exited the fan market by the 1950s, making survivors like this exceptionally rare. Historic Homes (Pre-1940 architecture). Collectors of Antique Appliances. This fan isn’t just beautiful-it’s built to run another 100 years with only a couple teaspoons of oil every couple decades. This 1925 Peerless Ceiling Fan is fully restored, incredibly powerful, quiet, compact, and engineered for a lifetime of service. A true piece of working history -ready to install and enjoy. ?? Don’t miss your chance to own one of the rarest, finest antique ceiling fans ever made. Here is a very interesting comparison between this version of the Peerless and an almost identical Diehl fan also from the same 1910 era, thanks to Chat GPT 5. There is no evidence that Peerless copied Diehl, it was more like a common design. T he Peerless and Diehl “spider-leg” style ceiling fans were not in production for very long compared to more standard designs. Here’s the breakdown. Phased Out: Late 1920s-early 1930s, as more modern “stamped steel motor” ceiling fans (cheaper to produce, lighter) became the standard. Estimated Run: Roughly 15-20 years for the ornate cast-iron Peerless ceiling fans. Phased Out: By the early 1930s, as Westinghouse and Emerson took over the market with stamped steel motor fans. Estimated Run: About 20-25 years of that classic “open motor / spider-leg” Diehl ceiling fan design. Summary: Both Peerless and Diehl made these ornate cast-iron ceiling fans for about two decades each (roughly 1910s-1930s). After that, cheaper stamped-steel units dominated, and by the 1940s-50s companies like Hunter and Emerson were leading the field with simplified, mass-market designs.