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posted August 21, 2007 14:00
Any information about this car clock would be appriciated, such as date of manufacture and which car/cars it might have been used in.

Thanks,
Greg

 
Posts: 2049 | Location: East Lansing, Michigan USA | Registered: November 24, 2002
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posted August 21, 2007 14:03
The back of the clock.

 
Posts: 2049 | Location: East Lansing, Michigan USA | Registered: November 24, 2002
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posted August 21, 2007 14:32

Very cool item Greg!

As a beginning in narrowing it down, the Ansonia Clock Company was sold along with the Hampden Watch Company in a 1928 package deal. Those companies went to a holding company called Amtorg in the Soviet Union to establish watch and clock making operations there.

Some early clocks of this design were intended for the glove-box door. To wind them the user opened the glove-box door and of course the time was viewed from the front when closed.

Wink
 
Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
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posted August 21, 2007 18:26
Thank you Lindell. Pre-1928 does narrow it down.

Best regards,
Greg
 
Posts: 2049 | Location: East Lansing, Michigan USA | Registered: November 24, 2002
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posted August 25, 2007 14:57
Greg,
Tran's Ansonia book shows this to be a 1917 model.


Tom
 
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