General Information

Serial #

100

Part Number

2

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS; METAL, GLASS, RUBBER, PLASTIC & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PIECES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

48.3 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

31.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Audichron

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Georgia

City

Atlanta

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

BEFORE 1986

Canada

ONE OF SERIES OF 'TALKING CLOCKS' WHICH HAVE PROVIDED A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TIME, 24 HOURS A DAY, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH BY RADIO OR DIRECT TELEPHONE LINE.

Function

PROVIDES VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF EASTERN STANDARD TIME, IN HOURS & MINUTES, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH, 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AT ANY OR ALL TIMES BETWEEN 1964, & WHEN BILINGUAL SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED & 1984 WHEN THIS UNIT WAS REPLACED.

Technical

THE ORIGINAL NRC 'TALKING CLOCKS' WERE MFD. BY ATELIERS BRILLIE FRERES, PARIS & BEGAN SERVICE IN DEC 1954. THE RECORDING WAS MADE AS A SOUND TRACK, ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, & DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS WAS NOT ALWAYS INTELLIGIBLE. AUDICRON'S HIGH QUALITY TALKING CLOCK, THE TRANSFER OF RECORDINGS FROM MAGNETIC TAPE TO MAGNETIC DRUM, & THE UNIT'S INSTALLATION IN A ROOM ADJACENT TO THE TRANSMITTER IMPROVED SERVICE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

‘MODEL M12/ MC/ BL/ TIME ANNOUCER' appears in black print in upper right corner/ ‘S/N 100' printed in black ink in lower left rear corner/ All dials, switches, connections, etc. labeled/ ‘Audichron/ 721 MIAMI CIRCLE, N.E. ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30324 U.S.A.' printed in black in lower right front corner of casing.

Missing

N/A

Finish

HIGH GLOSS, SLIGHTLY MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL PAINTED FINISH ON CASING/ SILVER COLOURED TRIM, HARDWARE, ETC.

Decoration

N/A