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July/August 2013 The exemplary clocks on the front cover are of Durfee clock pattern numbers 5 and 20 (see Owen and Jo Burt’s “Walter H. Durfee and His Grandfather Clocks, Part Three” in this issue starting on page 372). The owner of these clocks, David Warner, writes, “There are hall clocks, and there are hall clocks, and then there are those rare, stellar gems that represent the most desirable of American horology. These are most difficult to find, much less come to have in one’s home. Shown on the left on the cover, at almost nine feet tall, is the Walter Durfee no. 20 in oak, with a three-jar mercury pendulum and sporting an original perfect finish. It proudly boasts the “Mermod and Jaccard Jewelry Company, St. Louis” name on the dial. The Durfee no. 5 shown on the right displays the same purveyor, and also all the special Walter Durfee maker’s marks throughout the mechanism and seatboard. It’s easy to see why these clocks stand apart from most other production clocks; their superior carving, case decoration, size, and proportion are consistently unequaled by other makers." Our back cover this issue features five clocks from the Museum’s Wake Up! alarm clock exhibit, on view through December 2013, against a whimsical watercolor background by Julia Scheib enhanced by Carol Spencer Morris with clocks tumbling through the sky. The clocks are: (1) A “phono alarm clock, ca. 1910. This orange-dial alarm clock from Germany has a noise producer that operates on the same principle as the sounding disc of a telephone. Instead of the hammer striking on a bell, it strikes on a disc and a horn increases the sound. On loan courtesy of Vince Angell. (2) A tattoo intermittent alarm clock, ca. 1910, from the New Haven Clock Company, CT, that features an alarm that rings 20 seconds intermittently for 15 minutes, assuring the buyer that no one could sleep through its ringing. It was patented in 1898. The National Watch and Clock Museum, 88.36.1 (3) A Turkish-dial alarm clock, ca. 1907, made in Germany. On loan courtesy of Robert Linkenhoker. (4) A Little Tillery’s, ca. 1915, alarm clock that was probably produced for use with David H. Tillery and Thomas H. Tillery’s patent of 1915 and 1917 that would have affixed a device to the winding stem of the clock alarm that released another mechanism at a predetermined time. The patent describes usages such as damper release and draft regulating mechanisms for furnace heaters, operating electric light switches, and similar automated applications. On loan courtesy of Byron LeCates. (5) A Waterbury Clock Company (CT) alarm clock, ca. 1920, with a dial marked marked “B. F. Polack.” On loan courtesy of Byron LeCates. |
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July/August 2013 Seventy-two pages of advertisements including premiere auctions from around the world, NAWCC Regional ads, NAWCC information, Chapter Highlights, and hundreds of ads featuring horological items to buy/sell/trade. |
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