Vintage Desk Clock?

[kpaxsg]

and collecting clock dial as well 😀

 

[Mark020]

Still high on my wishlist is a digital Heuer clock

 

[Tony C.]

 

[jshopper1]

Tony C.

Tony C

Love your clock!

What type of movement? Mechanical? 8 day? Wind up? Battery?

Pics please.

 

[Tony C.]

jshopper1

Love your clock!

What type of movement? Mechanical? 8 day? Wind up? Battery?

Pics please.

Thank you. It is mechanical, and I believe a three-day movement. It is an example of a dealer display clock that was used back in the '50s by those on the street to set their watches by, and, of course, for marketing purposes. The movements were of high quality, though there are differences depending on the brand. I don't have any photos of this movement at the moment, but will post one after I have had it serviced.

Edited: Oct 24, 2022

 

[DeathandTaxes]

With some of the funky designs in my watch collection, of course I have a desk clock to match (LeCoultre 8 Day Brutalist Resin):

 

[UncleBuck]

S.H.

I prefer 8 days for usability as a desk clock. (some were 24 or 36h,even 2 or 5 days)
I really wonder what was the argument for it back then. Mounting an 8 days clock in an airliner or bomber maybe, but a fighter?

Like a crash helmet on a kamikaze, who can figure?

 

[Bill Sohne]

Something from Chelsea Clock Co

 

[jshopper1]

Here is my desk clock contribution, a Hamilton desk clock.



The case tilts 12 degrees and swivels.


The case has a hygrometer, barometer and thermometer on 3 of the 6 sides.

Here is where it gets interesting. The dial is, to the best that I can see, identical to @TonyC's dial above, save for the signature. The hands differ and TonyC's handset includes a second hand.


My clock is battery operated, a single AA cell powers the electronic (not quartz) movement.


You cannot see it from my photo but the movement has 3 interesting stamps. The first says "Semca Co., Seven 7 Jewels, Unadjusted Swiss."

The second stamp is the ETA trademark and "2421N." I assume that 2421N is the movement calibre although I have not found and ETA literature verifying this.

The third stamp says "US patent 2853849."

I researched the patent and it was granted to Ebauches SA (Andre Beyner) on 30 September 1958 for "ElectronicTimepiece."

Our friend Chris Radek COA'd this clock about a year ago. I regulated it to about +1s/day, runs great.

 

[Donko1100]

I had this Angelus until recently.
The other for car or bus from the beginning of the 20th century, 8 days with winding and reconciliation from the bezel

 

[MoclovFlop]

I like to make these little desk clocks out of unique orphan movements that I have.

These are ones made from Electro-Mechanical watches, such as the Lip R148 (skeleton and chonometer), Landeron 4750 (Wittnauer Electro-Chron) and the ESA 9159 (Green dial digital jump hour orb)

I have another that I'm currently making from a rare Lip Retrograde.

The bodies are donors from other miniature vintage desk clocks that get modified with some machining and/or movement rings.

The most recent one is the green dialed Jump Hour. Had a custom sticker made to replicate the original dial design since it didn't have a dial. Movement caliber number on the dial was typical for the ESA prototypes, so felt right to add it.

They're fun to look at, and a good solution to cool movements with no home.






Original watches for reference -


Penny for scale -

 

[S.H.]

MoclovFlop

I like to make these little desk clocks out of unique orphan movements that I have.

These are ones made from Electro-Mechanical watches, such as the Lip R148 (skeleton and chonometer), Landeron 4750 (Wittnauer Electro-Chron) and the ESA 9159 (Green dial digital jump hour orb)

I have another that I'm currently making from a rare Lip Retrograde.

The bodies are donors from other miniature vintage desk clocks that get modified with some machining and/or movement rings.

The most recent one is the green dialed Jump Hour. Had a custom sticker made to replicate the original dial design since it didn't have a dial. Movement caliber number on the dial was typical for the ESA prototypes, so felt right to add it.

They're fun to look at, and a good solution to cool movements with no home.






Original watches for reference -


Penny for scale -

Lovely!

 

[byunjoe]

MoclovFlop

I like to make these little desk clocks out of unique orphan movements that I have.

These are ones made from Electro-Mechanical watches, such as the Lip R148 (skeleton and chonometer), Landeron 4750 (Wittnauer Electro-Chron) and the ESA 9159 (Green dial digital jump hour orb)

I have another that I'm currently making from a rare Lip Retrograde.

The bodies are donors from other miniature vintage desk clocks that get modified with some machining and/or movement rings.

The most recent one is the green dialed Jump Hour. Had a custom sticker made to replicate the original dial design since it didn't have a dial. Movement caliber number on the dial was typical for the ESA prototypes, so felt right to add it.

They're fun to look at, and a good solution to cool movements with no home.






Original watches for reference -


Penny for scale -

That's a fantastic idea, do you mainly only do this with electronic movements?

 

[MoclovFlop]

byunjoe

That's a fantastic idea, do you mainly only do this with electronic movements?

So far, yes, but the Lip Retrograde I'm working on is standard mechanical.

The process is no different, I just go for the electrics since they are funky, rare as a desk clock (lots of mini handwind clocks out there) and I have so many orphans from my parts stash.

 

[Bernhard J]

This stands on my office desk. The date is a flip mechanism. Turning the case on the right side by 180° advances the date by one day. The clock is an alarm clock. I need this to set it to 5 pm for waking me up as soon as it is time to go home.

 

[MoclovFlop]

Since this got bumped, here's the finished product of the Lip retrograde:







And for scale, these are pretty small!

 

[Alpha]

JLC travel clock from 1944 often serves a a desk clock 👍

 

[neilfrancis]

the clock you need if your desk is at sea...

 

[Canuck]

Or this one!

 

[Donko1100]

New arrival today!