Early electric clocks from the 1920s through the 1950s were the secret display at this year’s Antique Clock and Watch Show, held at the Pasadena Center the same day as the Los Angeles Pottery Show. ”This is the first display in the nation of electric clocks,” said Marshall Knowles. The earliest ones, from the 1920s, used gothic, Colonial Revival and round top wooden frames, according to Knowles. In the 1930s, the style started modernizing. The frames were stepped and streamlined and made out of metals, not strictly wood. The earliest digital clocks appeared in the ’30s, along with chiming versions. In the 1940s, styles changed even more. Foreshadowing the upcoming war in America, one manufacturer made a clock in the form of an airplane in the early 1940s. ”They were already fighting in Europe,” explained Knowles. One of the things that characterized the clocks of the 1950s was the ample use of glass. ”They wanted to show that they were modern and that they were moving away from the past,” explained Knowles. It was during the time that TV clocks appeared, for obvious reasons. FRANK, here are the CAPTIONS The circa 1930 Parker Pens advertising clock is a cross collectible, not only appealing to clock collectors, but advertising collectors as well. The hands on the electric clock are shaped like fountain pens. It has a Mandarin Yellow second hand. Taxi cab clock High end Art Deco chrome clock that functions much like a hotel clock, 1946. The clock would sit in the dispatch office and it would alert the dispatcher when regular customers needed to be picked up at predetermined times. Hall China wall clock Circa 1949. A whole line of ceramic framed clocks were made to complement their china.
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Moon Face Grandfather Clock
Although she specializes in fine estate jewelry at her Oceanside store, T.C. Leary made an exception for the massive moon face grandfather clock that chimed for $5,000 in her space at the Del Mar Show. The 7 3/4′ tall tiger oak clock came into the show on a dolly pushed by two people. T.C. Leary Company is located at 1719 So. Coast Hwy., suite A in Oceanside. Call (760) 433-4100 for more information.
Ladies watches of 1930s discussed at annual clock & Watch Show
In 2009 it was amazing electric clocks, in 2008 it was a Vienna Regular Exhibitor; in 2007 it was a display of Carriage Clocks. Skeleton Clocks rattled the year before. But, producers of the Annual Watch and Clock Show refuse to divulge what this year’s featured exhibit will be. The show is slated for February 5th and 6th at the Pasadena Center.More than 500 tables will be filled with horological items including clocks and watches in all forms from Patek Phillip watches to pendulum clocks. In addition to shopping opportunities, seminars will be held on both Friday and Saturday. Kicking off the lectures on Friday morning at 8:45 a.m. will be Ken McWilliams on “Identifying and Dating Morbier Clocks.” Jana Smith will be lecturing at 2:00 p.m. on “Ladies Wristwatches of the 1930s.” Neil Kuns will start off the Saturday morning activities by speaking on “Lawson Clocks,” and the 2:00 p.m. session is being kept a surprise. The show is produced by the Greater Los Angeles Regional in association with The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors. Ticket to the Clock and Watch Show are $12 or $18 for admission to both the Clock and Watch Show and the Los Angeles Pottery Show. The show opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (714) 968-5526.
