Deco Clock Crazy

[Brian Sheridan]

I am so excited that I just one this Warren Telechron Co. electric clock. The style is called "The Croft", from 1939-40. The case is bakelite, with a glass crystal and steel dial. It measures 4 1/2" tall, 4 1/2" wide and 2 1/2" deep.

The company went from making clock to making bombs for the war. I have seen Crofts that were sold as souveniers of the NYC World's Fair.

It will look sharp on our mantle. Please post your vintage clocks.

 

[The Wingnut]

VERY nice. I've got a '38 Telechron Olympic, it's on top of my '38 Airline in this photo.

And a nicely restored example:

Telechron made some fantastic clocks.

 

[dhermann1]

I have 2 Telechrons and a Revere. Actually one of the Telechrons is a GE 4F06, form the mid 30's. It was in the family summer cottage for years, not working. When I sold the place (weep!) I took it home. When I looked inside, surprise, surprise, no rotor! That'll slow down any clock. A replacement could be from $50 to $80 I believe. I'll probably do it some time.
When I moved into my present digs a month ago, I decided to find a really Deco-ey looking clock, so I bid on and won a Revere chime clock. Very nice and VERY Deco. I have to diddle the chimes to get them to actually ring.
I also sort of accidentally bid on and won another Telechron, which I found out is a 1938 vintage 4F69. It's had its insides taken out and replaced with a cheapo quartz movement. Not even the original hands, and the base removed. It's now not working, but it was only $10 so I guess I'll have it fixed eventually.
I have quickly learned that once you get into antique electric clocks you can go thoroughly crazy. Just like vintage tube radios, there are a zillion designs, each snazzier and more elegant the the next.
WHEN I FIND MY FREAKIN' INTERFACE CABLE I'LL POST PIX!
Actually, click here and just go crazy:
http://telechron.net/

 

[LizzieMaine]

Telechron 3H151. Keeps perfect time, makes no noise.

 

[dhermann1]

TV?

fftopic: Hmmmm . . . Looks like a pretty interesting TV underneath it, as well. Does it have a story?

 

[LizzieMaine]

fftopic: Hmmmm . . . Looks like a pretty interesting TV underneath it, as well. Does it have a story?

RCA Victor 17-451-S, salvaged from the dump in 1986, fixed up, and used ever since. Also a very efficient space heater for the living room!

 

[Warbaby]

I have a serious weakness for deco clocks - got 'em all over the house. Here are a few favorites:

My bedside alarm clock.

This little beauty lives on my wife's desk.

This is my favorite clock - onyx and brass Dutch deco. I replaced the broken winder movement with battery works, but haven't gotten around to modifying the original hands to fit yet.

Handmade Dutch iron clock from the 30s.

 

[dhermann1]

Every room in the house (and then some!)

I'm really feeling myself sliding in that direction also. Those nice little Telechrons can be very inexpensive to pick up, and look just wonderful. They just scream (in a very quiet way) Deco.
The other thing I just got entangled with is Chinese Art Deco rugs. My new place is very Deco, and I'm decorating it that way. In my bedroom are a lot of various "objets Chinoise" that my late mother in law collected, so I'm going sort of Chinese in there. I discovered Chinese Deco rugs on Ebay and I'm totally hooked. I guess I'll have to start a thread.

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Update: My ebay win is running fine for the last few days. It makes a slight noise that is totally unnoticable when the TV or music is on - it is almost like white noise. I'll have to grab a pic of it on the mantle.

Keep posting those pics...they are great to look at.

 

[adamjaskie]

This is my parents'. It belonged to my mother's great aunt.

It's a Telechron something or other. Not sure how old it is. The clock itself is in a brass hemisphere about the diameter of the outside of the white ring. The rest of the case is a THICK piece of glass (the brass color ring outside of the white numeral ring is all glass; that's just refraction from the brass case underneath.)

ED: Just searched around a bit and found this page that says it's a model 3H159 'The Suave' from the early '50s.

 

[PADDY]

My study clock (photos)

 

[MrNewportCustom]

Here's my one vintage clock. I don't know the vintage, but I found it at a yardsale about five years ago. It's an Ingraham Eight Day Broadcast. I don't use it, because the ticking keeps me awake - it's that loud! Has the traditional bell alarm, too (internal)! Something tells me it isn't Deco, though. [huh]

 

[Dinerman]

A few years past deco- more moderne, but I thought I'd share it again.

Used to be in Philly's Melrose diner.

 

[Warbaby]

Woooo...that's a really beautiful diner clock!

 

[Brian Sheridan]

The clock on the mantle.

This is the fireplace above which the clock sits. It is toward the left end.

Here it is up-close.

 

[dhermann1]

I finally got pics of my clocks. The first is a Telechron from the 40's. I sort of accidentally bid on it on Ebay, and since it was only $10, I figured what the hey. It's had its insides taken out and replaced with a cheap battery operated quartz movement. The hands should be black instead of gold, and there should be a slim black wooden base underneath it. But it keeps good time, it isn't susceptible to blackouts, and it looks cool sitting on my desk.

Here's my pride and joy. It's a circa 1947 Revere chime clock. I have the chimes disabled at the moment, so it just makes a little cluk cluk every fifteen minutes. But I just think it's gorgeous. Also from Ebay.

This one is a "ringer". It's my kitchen clock. It's brand new, made in China. But it clearly is meant to evoke those classic red kitchen clocks of the 30's and 40's. I intend to paint the moulding around the kitchen ceiling the same red as the clock itself.

 

[InspectorMorse]

Wonderful clocks!

 

[Holyhabanero]

Here's a beautiful art deco Lux Symphony from 1946 I picked up this weekend from my parents house. It wasn't working so I planned on trying to fix it. Unfortunately, as I was transporting it home, the glass that covered the front broke. So now I'm currently bidding on a replacement on eBay

 

[Fastuni]

Mid-30's German clock.

 

[Bugguy]

This little guy excited me... Made in the USSR. I haven't done anything to it yet because it seems to be working. Twice a day its right on time.