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Apr 10, 2015, 12:49 AM
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Apr 10, 2015, 02:03 AM
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I mostly prefer 'quiet sweep' seiko wall clock since the loud tick in ordinary quartz clock drive me nuts!
(beside i sometime pretend that i'm watching a spring drive smooth sweep.. hehehe)
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Apr 10, 2015, 03:03 AM
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Apr 10, 2015, 04:06 AM
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Mostly $20 generic clocks aroun our place, except these two:
Cuckoo, purchased on our first family European vacation in 1976, at Schmid-Linder in Lucerne. It's had a couple of servicings over the years; still runs pretty good for its age. Plays two separate tunes; one on the hour, the other on the half-hour.
...and this rather hideous thing. I made it from a raw burl, way back in 1986, in a joinery course I took. Seiko quartz movement. Not sure why I keep it around. To scare off evil spirits or something:
~Sherry.
Eterna | Tudor | Seiko | Casio | G-Shock | Orient | Swatch | Mondaine | Zodiac (pre-Fossil) | Rolex | Wenger | Pulsar Time Computer | Omega | Timex | Bucherer | Citizen | Bulova | Glycine
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Apr 10, 2015, 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by
popoki nui
Not sure why I keep it around. To scare off evil spirits or something:
~Sherry.
LOL!!!!!
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Apr 10, 2015, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by
popoki nui
...and this rather hideous thing. I made it from a raw burl, way back in 1986, in a joinery course I took. Seiko quartz movement. Not sure why I keep it around. To scare off evil spirits or something:
~Sherry.
I had one similar to this for years, slightly different shape but same construction! Guess they were popular a long time back, for reasons which now escape me.
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Apr 10, 2015, 05:43 PM
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I have a bunch of cheap quartz models, but this is the only one worth taking a (blurry) picture of. Seiko Quiet Sweep that I've had in my office for many years:
I've wanted one of these for my desk for a long time but never pulled the trigger on it for $200:
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Apr 10, 2015, 09:13 PM
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Share your wall clocks!
Originally Posted by
OTGabe
I've wanted one of these for my desk for a long time but never pulled the trigger on it for $200:
I have something quite similar that the Redhead found at a yard sale. Paid fifteen bucks for it. But it is a shelf clock, not a wall clock.
I need to respond to this post when I get home. I think I might have a couple of wall clocks and timepieces (clocks strike the hours; timepieces do not). But nothing that's newer than about 1920.
Rick "whose extensive clocks collection most comprises mantel clocks" Denney
More than 500 characters worth of watches.
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Apr 10, 2015, 10:00 PM
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The one currently on the wall is an IBM master clock from the forties. I have a couple of synchronomes that I love dearly, but my beloved objects to the interesting range of noises they make while the IBM is far more stately. I know it says ITR on the dial but that was just the European branding. I did a write up about rebuilding it somewhere which I'll try to dig out.
Found it:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f20/ot-...bm-407892.html
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Apr 11, 2015, 01:44 AM
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