Time Vectors

Significance A Hammond electric wall clock made in Australia for 240 V 50 Hz c1940s. Hammond began making synchronous electric clocks in Chicago USA in 1928 based on the success of the Warren master clocks used in power generators and Telechron synchronous electric domestic clocks. Hammond went on to invent an electric organ that bears his name. Hammond clocks were not self-starting and needed a twist of a knob to start but stopped when the power was interrupted. Telechron clocks were self-starting but had an indicator if the power was interrupted. This Hammond clock was made in Australia, the first clock I have to be made here. Being synchronous clocks, the movement needed to suit the local power supply, 240 V 50 Hz in Australia. The clock seems to have come from the notorious Wilson Youth Hospital (1961-83), then Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre (1983-93), Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre (1993-2001). Description A 300 mm dial, wall clock with a white bake...

Significance A small brass desk clock "The GNAT" 30-hour 50 mm by BUCC, the British United Clock Company 1890s. BUCC traded from 1885 to 1909 in Birmingham and was as one of the first British manufacturers to use mass production technology; based on English founder's experience working in the USA at Ansonia clocks. BUCC was producing 500 clocks per day in the mid-1890s from a substantial factory; photo below. BUCC is documented at length in a book produced for the British Museum: "Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Industrialized Manufacture of Domestic Mechanical Clocks", John Glanville and William M. Wolmuth 2015, available on Scribd. Description A small compact desk clock all in brass. A balance wheel with a lever escapement. Porcelain dial. The clock was mass produced and advertised to the trade. There is a tiny trademark on the dial, just above the 6. The clock was not running when received and was quite dirty inside, in...