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Oh happy day! I was feeling a little down this morning but forced myself to go for a drive if only so the dogs would get out, they love going in the car. Wasn't in my plan but I ended up going to Value Village and I spotted this clock which kicked me into high gear bee line over to look. I was sort of figuring it would be just another plasti-brass battery knock off like the one we had a few years ago but it's a real live clock. Still I figured it's probably broken, these anniversary clocks are extremely tempermental and easily broken. Next I figure.. how much is it, VV can charge premium prices for good stuff sometimes.. So much to my surprise when I look on the bottom,, $4.99, not $24.99 or $34.99. I figure for that price even if it doesn't work my sister can use the glass dome for her doll collection LOL.. Well I get it home, tinker with it a bit and for gosh sakes it works.. double YAY.. How it survived a trip thru Value Village unscathed is a miracle in itself.
It's a Kern, made in Germany, not an antique but I don't care, I love real clocks.

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This may get me banned....

or worse, booed, but.....here goes, anyway.

Pete, my friend, I think you are a clock sucker!

(all three are great, and the anniversary clock is a good catch.)

Love and laughter.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
two dallah! two dallah!

oooooh everyone is showing their clocks!

Here is mine. Not too big, not too small.

GE Electric plug-in, found yesterday when thrifting in Conecticut. $1.99

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Where you gonna put your clock Steve?

See that Bulova mantle clock in my top picture beside my anniversary clock.. I got that for 25 years service. What a disappointment, it's made in China, hollow inside with one of those cheap little AA battery clock movements in them that cost 99 cents at the hobby shop. Not a real clock imho. Probably cost the company $3.99 including shipping and this was a large railroad I worked for. They used to give out great stuff years ago when they had 50 times as many employees and less profits than they do now. Cheap screws.
 
Where can one find a real anniversary clock with mechanical "clockworks" (instead of "Japanese" movements) in any freiking color but gold/brass?

The wall clock does not have an intended place. I may, though make one huge wall of clocks as a display, since as any good Virgo, I seem to be drawn to them.

Nothing wrong with liking nice clocks.
 
400-Day/Anniversary Clocks . . .

My father has collected old clocks since I was a child and today probably has 20 or 30 working 400 day clocks. Most are gold, with the dome top, but they did come in other colors and even square glass boxes. Those that aren't gold are usually silver or a painted finish with silver or gold trim. They're out there, it just takes some looking.

I'm not sure if the Japanese made any significant number of 400 day clocks, but they did make some decent clock movements in the '50s and '60s. They're not as collectible as the better American and European works but not always junk either. Most of the 400 day clocks out there will be from a few German brands and these are the easiest to get repaired.
 
I found this German Kunde at a garage sale in the early 1990's for $5.00. I had to replace the spring and it works fine. I priced new ones when I found it and they cost $350.00!

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This is a Seth Thomas mantel clock from the 1880's. My parents bought it at an antique shop in New England in the early 1960's. It stopped working when I was a kid (I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, nobody can prove a thing). I dismanteled and cleaned the cabinet, repainted the metal decorations, removed and thoroughly cleaned the mechanism, and replaced the broken spring in the early 1990's. It has worked flawlessly ever since.

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Toggleswitch

~uhm David, is that an electrical cord behind the clock?

Yes, it goes to the light on the painting above the clock and to the two art deco bullet lamps on the mantel.

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Petek

I can't really read the script ID on the base of the horse, it looks something like PHau Boulan. It was made in 1981 of bisque porcelin. It is a Lipizanner stallion in extended trot. I remember that there was a series - all Lipizanners exhibiting different gaits.

My mom lived with a friend and this was sent to their residence, unsolicited, in the mail - I can't remember but I think it was addressed to the previous owners, who had no forwarding address. They tried to call the company and after waiting about a year to see if the company or the post office wanted it back, they opened the box and this was inside. My mom's friend didn't want it so mom got it.
 
Tks David! After your description, the cord didn't seem to make sense. Now it does.

:-)

~Unsolicited, in the mail.
Per the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code), If you receive something by mail, and it's unsolicited, it's a gift!
 
I've always been fascinated by those "anniversay clocks", mainly because when I was about four years old I recall being taken to someone's nice house, and they had one of those clocks. I think I was forbidden to even look at it (I guess I had a tendency to destroy things around that age).

So naturally I've never owned one, but if I see one of those German jobs at a thrift store for $5, you can bet I'll be looking at it!
 
I don't collect clocks....

but I had to show you this cool one that I picked up Saturday at an estate sale. I love how the date and time flip! Tacky but fun time keeping!

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Holy crap Steven!!

I can't believe the price of all those clocks!! I paid $5.00 for that Westclox, and it's in excellent condition! I also got that little Sony radio sitting behind the clock for a whopping $2.00. It was in great shape too. I listened to some March Madness basketball on it today.
 
Speaking of clocks...

Here's the current one on the nightstand...a Lloyd's drop-leaf clock radio. It may not be a Sony Digimatic with the wood case (which I would die for), but it's neat in its own regard and is very well made. Has a Copal mechanism, and a neat wheel with squiggly lines that turns rapidly to show you the clock is running (that you can see here). It works very similar to a timer on a vintage machine...the motor runs continuously, and winds up an escapement, which rotates a small gear upon release. That in turn moves a large gear just enough to flip the number down, and a pawl on the outside engages with each 'click' to prevent it from moving any further. At first, it didn't want to run due to lack of use, but it came apart easily. After some contact lubricant and a spin of the wheel, it works perfectly and keeps excellent time! I'm almost positive it doesn't have an alarm buzzer function, only the radio to wake up to, which seems very strange. There probably is an alarm buzzer, but I just haven't found it yet.

It's very cool to watch the numbers flip with each minute, and the best part is that you can hear it too, a very light snapping sound. You can't tell from the picture, but the clock display is backlit.

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And here's what has been my main nightstand clock for the last 2 years, the GE 7-4885 "Great Awakening" programmable clock radio. I have to say that it is the best clock radio ever made, and despite its appearance, is very easy to use. I reluctantly put it in the closet because I wanted to try a drop-leaf, but it will probably go back to nightstand duty shortly. What an awesome piece of equipment, and while I heard they had a fair share of problems, mine has been fortunately trouble-free. It has an earphone jack which I have been using a pillow speaker in, and since there's no separate alarm buzzer, the alarm goes through the pillow speaker as well.

I still can't believe I ever found one...they seem to have become increasingly rare as I haven't seen any on eBay. I did find this similar (maybe later?) model, check out what it sold for! Nowhere near as much as the last 4885 I saw sold for though!

http://cgi.ebay.com/GE-7-4875-Digit...goryZ932QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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And before that, I had...

A GE touch-control from the late-80's. After I found the 4885, this one went into my parents' bedroom, and the GE big-display from Wal-Mart went to my sister's room. The casualty of this move was a cheap Timex that I HATED.

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That is one of the nicest clock radios Austin, they weren't that cheap new either. I'm not sure if I still have my own original from back in HS days, it had the flip type numbers which were the latest thing at the time prior to the electronic display, but mine was a cheaper dime store make.
 

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