"Hands" clocks - post 'em if you got 'em!

[FilterFunk]

I still love old-fashioned analog clocks with hour, minute and second hands. Wall clocks or shelf/desk clocks, electric, battery powered or wind-up...it doesn't matter, as long as they have hands. If you still have any "hands" clocks in use, post some pics! I'll go first:

I bought this clock for my bedroom specifically because it has a sweeping second hand - no ticking. I cannot have a ticking clock in my bedroom. I've had it since the early-2000s. And yes, I still have to change the time twice a year ("spring forward, fall back"; I just did "spring forward" last night). I took it off the wall to get a better pic:

 

[S-Bigbottom]

This hangs on the edge of a wall leading into the kitchen.

Then in the bedroom.

In the dinning area.

Finally the old garage clock.

Have a few more novelty ones around but did not get them in my random shots just now.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Better not get @shadowtippy started... That boy can fill 80 pages with ease.



What the heck...




YO! @shadowtippy!
Let the good times roll.

 

[Michedelic]

 

[basscooker]

Got two in the music room that are, uh, broken

 

[osv]

In our kiichen. I keep meaning to paint the hands a different color for easier reading.

 

[C Stone]

 

[Jeff Scott]

I don't (currently) have a photo of the clock hanging in our enclosed porch so this stock one of the clock will have to do for now.

 

[bwildt]

I don't have a pic, but when I was in high school, I was able to make a plug-in wall clock run backwards by flipping over the electromagnet stator of the motor. I was pretty proud of myself. I created a new face with the numbers going counter-clockwise around the face.

 

[shadowtippy]

Better not get @shadowtippy started... That boy can fill 80 pages with ease.



What the heck...




YO! @shadowtippy!
Let the good times roll.

I won't try to take over this thread but I will post a few.

One clock that I am surprised I don't have is a Kit-Kat that has the eyes move side to side and the tail swings like a pendulum. I do have a Vinyl Tap like @basscooker posted.

 

[tlc1976]

Don’t have this, but would really love to. I contacted the company and they only rent it as a prop, not for sale.

 

[shadowtippy]

Not a very good pic but there are 70+ here:

 

[Johnny Fingers]

Grandpa & Grandma left me a few. As a kid I got to wind theirs on Sunday a few times. It took hours because there were around 75 in all.

 

[Oddly]

One over the fireplace...

And one in the kitchen...

 

[steve_ss]

This clock is on the fireplace mantle:

This one is in my wood shop:

 

[osv]

Seeing these anniversary clocks brings back a distant memory of when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. We stopped at a pharmacy on the way home from the oral surgeon to get me a pain prescription. There was a display of these clocks and I remember being stoned out of my mind in awe of all the spinning parts.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

We have a couple plain jane ones in our house. The only distinct one is the guitar shaped one that our kids gave me a few years ago for my music room.

No second hand but that thing ticks LOUD.

 

[turf3]

Quartz clocks replacing plug-in ones is the classic case of a solution looking for a problem. Electric clocks plugged into mains power are by definition accurate; power companies are required to maintain EXTREMELY tight controls on the number of cycles per day, and electric clocks are synchronous.

Although the quartz clock does eliminate the power cord, it adds a most undesirable "clack! clack! clack!" If the clock is an alarm clock in your bedroom, this is quite annoying.

Unfortunately it's getting extremely difficult to find a wall or desk clock that plugs in. My main one is quite old and bought from an antique store.

 

[Jeff Scott]

This clock is on the fireplace mantle:
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Is that a vintage one or a modern RI Wedding Mantle Clock?

 

[socialleper]

The word you are looking for is "analog" or "mechanical."