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I like it!
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
Crazy pricing ,, stock up now kiddies LOL
The one two over from the one like Venus' the Melody red is the one we had in our kitchen growing up. Doubt mom still has it.
The one two over from the one like Venus' the Melody red is the one we had in our kitchen growing up. Doubt mom still has it.
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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!
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!
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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.
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.
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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Not one but two 80s digitals
Here's my 1987 GE. Daily driver. It doesn't look perfect but it still works.
Here's my 1987 GE. Daily driver. It doesn't look perfect but it still works.
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Hers is a 1982 or 3 Westclox. Still working after all these years. I call it the "infernal clock" because it makes this high pitched screech when it goes off.
Hers is a 1982 or 3 Westclox. Still working after all these years. I call it the "infernal clock" because it makes this high pitched screech when it goes off.
Here is a picture of my big clock, a Hand made Grand fathers clock, Christmas gift from my in-laws. The story behind it is, right after we bought our house in August of 1984, we were visiting them on a Sat morning in November and my father in-law asked if I could help him in his work shop holding some molding on a clock he was making for a lady he worked with. He told me she bought the wood and the works and he was making for her. The case is 6.5 feet of solid mahogany and the works are Mason and Sullivan, I believe they are outside of Boston MA. It plays the Westminster chime every 15 minutes, the face has the night sky dial on the top. They way he got it into our house, was the weekend before Christmas, my wife was over her mom's and her dad and his friend were loading the clock in his station wagon. I was home washing dishes, I looked out the kithcen window and he pulled to the back of the house with and asked me to help carry it in. I was so suprised. Later on my wife came home and was just as suprised.
My father in-law is a wood worker as a a hobby and collects clocks, his grandfathers clock is 7 feet tall with a glass front. He can take a picture of a piece of furniture in a store and make it from scratch. he has made a lot of our furniture in the house and in his. He has a collection of over 20 Black Forest Cookoo clocks.
BTY: The clock is not leaning, I am a bad photographer
Mike
My father in-law is a wood worker as a a hobby and collects clocks, his grandfathers clock is 7 feet tall with a glass front. He can take a picture of a piece of furniture in a store and make it from scratch. he has made a lot of our furniture in the house and in his. He has a collection of over 20 Black Forest Cookoo clocks.
BTY: The clock is not leaning, I am a bad photographer
Mike
Beautiful clock Mike and all that much nicer you know the maker makes it a real heirloom. My other half has only just began trying woodwork out in the garage. I told him to make me a birdhouse and brought some books home from the library and lo and behold he's out there making me one. I'm not allowed to see it yet, it's for my birthday. Well just this morning we were talking and I mentioned it was a shame my uncle is no longer alive because he was an excellent woodworker and was probably like your FIL, could make anything out of wood and as good or better than "store bought" I was mentioning the desk my aunt still has that we have to go see, he made it in the 60's, all beautiful inlays and marquetry you just can't find anywhere anymore. I unfortunately never developed past the clothes peg recipe holder I made for mom in Gr 8 shop LOL
