It's a dry cell night light that shines the time on the ceiling. It has a small brass mech. movement with a dial. You press the button on the cord and a light reflects the time through the lens and shows it on the ceiling.
I'm not a clock guy but just liked the look of this piece.
Posts: 96 | Location: Coulterville, California USA | Registered: February 08, 2003
It's an Eveready. It has a windup alarm clock. The dial is celluloid. Just behind the dials are two flashlight bulbs. Two batteries go in the base. When you press the button on the bulb, the light shines through the dial, and into a mirror in front of the dial. The mirror is at a 45 degree angle, and shines the time straight up, through the lens on top, onto the ceiling. I think other makers also made these clocks. It does work, but only if you have very good vision. In the late 60's, or early 70's a company brought out a more modern version, claiming it was a new idea. These are quite scarce.
Posts: 131 | Location: Houston, Texas USA | Registered: February 12, 2003
Here's an image of my projection clock. They do seem to be the same. But there are many variations. I also have a device like this, that is a pocket watch holder. It has a flashlight bulb attached to a push button switch. At night, you can press the button, and see the time on your pocket watch dial. I also have some Darche clocks. They were an alarm clock, hooked to batteries. By flipping the switch one way, you could press the button, and light up the dial. By flipping the switch the other way, you could press the switch, and ring the bell. The batteries were also wired to the alarm. They advertised the clock would ring the alarm for 32 hours on a full charge. Having heard that clock ring the alarm, you would have to be deceased to let it go more than ten seconds. Very loud.
Posts: 131 | Location: Houston, Texas USA | Registered: February 12, 2003
