Howard Miller clock #571  

Thanks, LRF
kind of to say so, Lloyd, but it hasn't stopped some of our fellow forum people to post either humorous and just plain mean posts that in their way are disruptively slowing down the free sharing of information and knowledgable opinion.
The forum seems to have an frequent unpleasantness, and apparently those people unfairly think is all my fault.
'Taint so, McGee.

egos
my god there are some big egos around, this thread got out of control, the clock is kind of ugly though, i think it is the roman numerals.

I think it might look better...
If the hands were different, there were balls instead of squares, and there were no numbers....... ?

i agree with lrf
Barry has provided sound advice more than once on my quests (albeit ill-fated) for gn clocks!

Well, I won the damn clock
for the opening bid of $199.00.
I have a few Umanoff clocks around here, so one more won't be a problem.
I'm intrigued at the clock because it seems to paritially made up from the classic ball clock.
I'll be fun inspecting it. I've never held one in my hand.
Generally speaking, I like Arthur Umanoff's designs, although I wish I knew more about him.

I agree..
Although many...
I agree..
Although many of Umanoff's designs can't be said to be beautiful, I think he has his own particular style and I somehow find his work intriguing.
Being responsible for many of the later HM clocks, taking over after Nelsons and Harper's initial run of designs, must have been a tough act follow. I also find the Umanoff designed clocks that resemble the early GN clocks the least, more interesting than this particular one; but this clock is interesting in the way that it shows a transition between two (or more?) designers vision.
I think one reason why I find some of Umanoff's designs both ugly and yet a little intriguing, is that it reminds me of the brown/orange/yellow colors of my early 1970's childhood. But I'm starting to like it (getting old enough to be nostalgic about it) and I wouldn't be surprised if we will see a increasing in his work.

Congratulations on winning the clock.
It is educational, intriguing, inspiring & stimulating to experience an object's design morphology & evolution. The design analysis is further advanced
by the tactile process. Having a wealth of physical data from
your collection at your disposal is invaluable. They can't all be successful,
there will be a few clunkers. Unfortunately, architects & designers do not always have the foresight that some are tantamount to dead ends or abject failure. FLW's "breaking the box" was preceded by the turn of the century Stockman & Thomas houses overemphasized corners...

Got the clock
and it's really a nice clock. Sure, it's not the Ball, but it's right on the same page as other Arthur Umanoff designs and it's very nicely made.
Interesting that they reverted back to the pre-Nelson 1940's hands.

Awesome barry
I'm glad you like it! You will have to post a pic when you get it up on the wall.

It looks like the above pix
but it looks nice in my dining room

Not bad in monochrome either
Not bad in monochrome either.

Having fun at the
Photoshop?