barrympls
thanks barry
i will get one for him for his bday
you can spray paint those hands
I tried to paint a real howard miller set the other day with gold shiny paint and they came out horrible. I was so pissed they look so bad i scraped all the old paint off and ordered a new set from Vitra,
That shiny metallic paint has so much clear enamel in it it is hard to bond to the tin that they make the hands
out of so use a flat black that has no clear enamel. and they will turn out great,
Drum Roll
This is my all time favorite clock i got this clock
20 years ago have replaced the motor twice have bought as many as 5 on ebay so to say the least I love this clock it is my favorite all time clock that i have ever bought
I first remember this clock when i was 7 years old 50 years ago, my Dad took me downtown with him
and we went into a office of a fellow rich oilman
and i saw the clock sitting on the table.
I was only seven but was so intrigued that it was such a cool clock and actually dreamed about it for years how cool it was.
fast forward 25 years and i saw it at a flee market and I bought it , only for it to go bad a week later, that started my long love affair with clocks cause i found the company that was still making them and i got a motor and installed it my self and bought so many over the years and now on ebay you can get them from 30 to 60 and they are easy to fix
here is who made them but Time savers in Scottsdale Arizoia still sell the parts.
Jefferson "Golden Hour" Clock
The "Golden Hour" clock made by the Jefferson Electric Company of Bellwood, IL in the mid-1950's is the most often seen of the various mystery clocks and certainly one of the best looking.
The single glass disk has a toothed metal rim that is driven by a motor in the base. The minute hand rotates with this disk. A gear train drives the hour hand. Crucial to making this system to work without a separate, immobile mount for the gear train is a small weight behind the glass. When new, this system worked well, but with wear and dirt the weight tends to follow the minute hand around until friction is overcome, and the hour hand will jump around wildly, and lose or gain hours, as it sees fit.the other thing the glass does get loose and it has to be reglued and that can be a mess that also cause the clock to run fast
Golden Hour clocks used radioactive radium paint on the hands and numerals.
i have a original astrick ...
i have a original astrick clock by Nelson from the 50s
and I really never looked at that much,
While rearranging all my clocks I noticed that the traditional triangle/arrow head that is the hour hand on most of the nelson clocks has been switched on this clock to be the minute hand on the astrick clock and on that clock is a streight hand for the hour hour.
I really never even noticed it but when i put it in front of me after having it at the back of the room it really is different, and makes wonder what was he thinking ,
The Astrick as most of you know is by far one of Nelson most recognizable clocks next to the ball clock.and now reproduced by Vitra,
I did buy two years ago a new reissue by Howard Miller that I keep out in the warehouse, that i have found out is no longer in their line but they reversed the hands to make the arrow head hand the hour hand. and the straight hand the minute,
I guess they did not want to pay a license fee to the Nelson estate so they made up their own version, but for some reason it was jerked from the line. any one have any idea what this is all about .
Schiffer's lack of interest and my reply:
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Schiffer
To: barry mn
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: your book proposal
Dear Mr. Margolis,
Thank you for your email. We have been wrong before and will probably be wrong again. However, with that said, we do not see a wide enough buying audience. If you fell you can commit to buying and selling a good number of copies, let?s talk.
Sincerely,
Peter B. Schiffer
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
-----my reply----
Peter:
George Nelson was one of the absolute giants of design between 1946 and his death, and most of his stuff for Herman Miller is well documented.
What is NOT documented, however, is the 100-200 beautiful clocks he designed for Howard Miller, and the other odd pieces designed for Howard Miller (including planters, wall dividers, the ribbon wall ceiling hanging system, wall mounted vanities and desk, as well as spice cabinets.
He also designed a line of melmac dinnerware for Prolon. Also fireplace andirons, jax bookends, lamps, not to mention the famous Bubble Lamps.
These have not been properly presented in any form, and I think such a book would sell as well as any of your Herman Miller or Knoll books.
I can't understand why you're not excited about a book project that would fit in perfectly with your many other post-WWII American designs.
The clocks would, of course, be the lead item in selling the book; right now, even the ugliest of his wall clocks are selling on eBay for over $350.00 each. Even ones with non-working movements. Vitra has only reissued a tiny handful of the clocks made for Howard Miller between 1946 and about 1970.
Please reconsider. I would not be the writer, but I'm working with a fellow in Tulsa who's compiling a database of beautiful color photographs of as many items as possible. I have a quality reprint 12" 6 page brochure of the other non clock items available by Nelson for Howard Miller.
I guarantee that this book will be the talk of the town in the design world, and I think it's most appropriate for Schiffer to be the publisher.
Barry Margolis
Wild
I've said the same thing myself LRF. For the past year and 1/2 I've watched these show up on the regular. They must have had a high production run. I expect more to comeout of wood work too. Glad I've held off this long. Too bad the rarer Nelson clocks don't hit the market this often...you never know.
Speaking of weird clocks
I rather like this strange clock whose face appears to be made of concrete (clearly not a Nelson clock, but cool 1960's nonetheless).
http://cgi.ebay.com/Modern-Earth-Wall-Clock-Eames-George-Nelson-Era_W0QQ...
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