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1959 Whirlygig Table Clock for Auction
Whirlygig Table Clock
A 1959 Model 2268 Whirlygig table clock designed by George Nelson & Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Co. It’s 8.5 inches tall and constructed of brass, glass and enameled wood. Signed with decal manufacturer`s mark to underside: Howard Miller Clock Company Zeeland Michigan. 5 dia x 8.5 h inches
Estimated Value: $10,000 to [...]
Grandfather Clock still here after 200 Years
North Haven, CT – Many years ago when Gloria Furnival was visiting a old friend, Mable Squires, she noticed an old Grandfather clock she thought would make a nice addition to the North Haven Historical Society’s collection.
Last Thursday she and several other Society officials visited the home of Mable Squires who had died in 1999 [...]
Restoring the 1911 Seth Thomas Clock from the New Bern, NC City Hall tower
1911 Seth Thomas Clock from the New Bern City Hall tower. A group of volunteers have been restoring this fine tower clock since 2007. Dobert Owsley and other clock enthusiasts are from the regional chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
They will reach a milestone this Monday morning, when their 2,800-pound prize [...]
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Clocks Get Their Decor Due
From: Clocks Get Their Decor Due
Time was, a clock graced a wall in most homes. Often it was not so much stylish as functional (think old-fashioned school clock). But sometimes it induced smiles: a chirpy cuckoo clock or the unforgettable cat-shaped Kit Kat clock, with its rolling eyes and swinging tail as pendulum. Introduced in [...]
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Clock That Predates London Fire Sells For Record $286,000
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A rare and important lantern clock, dating back to the reign of James I
(1603?1625), was sold for $286,000 at Bonhams on June 19 ? a world record price for a clock of this kind.
Made by William Bowyer in 1623, the brass clock was estimated to fetch between $60/100,000 at Bonhams’ sale of fine clocks. The [...]
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World’s most precise clock keeps time to 1 second in 3.7 billion years
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a new version of an atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom which is now the world’s most precise clock. This clock would neither gain nor lose one second in about 3.7 billion years.
The new aluminum atom clock [...]
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The Clock Depot featured in The Kansas City Star
01-25-2010
RUSTIC WARMTH
Grooved boarding aged and distressed to resemble weathered wood planking is the backdrop for this time keeper that’s part of a Ty Pennington collection. The dial has Roman numerals and aged charcoal black hands with open-cut diamond tips. The quartz clock is 35 inches square.
Talmage clock, Howard Miller, The Clock Depot
Furniture producer Howard Miller [...]
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Clocks make a fashion statement for the home
Add time to your life
Elaine Markoutsas / At Home
from: detnews.com
Time was when a clock graced a wall in most homes. Often it was not so much stylish as functional (think old-fashioned school clock). But sometimes it induced smiles: a chirpy cuckoo clock or the unforgettable cat-shaped Kit Kat clock, with its rolling eyes and swinging [...]
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1670 Grandfather clock sells for over Half a Million Dollars
The ebony veneer “long clock” was made in London around 1670 by Dutch-born Ahasuerus Fromanteel, who built the first-ever precise pendulum clocks in England. It meant clocks had became accurate enough to have minute hands for the first time. He learned to make the new-style clocks from Salomon Coster who had an agreement with Christiaan [...]
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Grandfather Clocks for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series