General Information

Serial #

K86195

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC CASE/ METAL BACK AND CLOCK FACE/ GLASS FACE COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

14.7 cm

Width

8.0 cm

Height

16.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Clocks

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HAMMOND

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY 1930s & 1940s

Canada

USED IN CANADA

Function

TO TELL THE TIME AND DATE

Technical

EXAMPLE OF THE USES OF PLASTIC FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'HAMMOND' ON CLOCK FACE/ MFR'S PLATE READS: 'START/ PUSH IN-SPIN- LET GO/ SET TIME/ SER. NO. K86195/ 60 CYCLE 110 V.A.C. 2 WATT/ NOTE - CURRENT INTERRUPTIONS/ WILL STOP CLOCK - RESTART & RESET/ INDICATOR ON DIAL CHANGES COLOR AT 12 O'CLOCK/WHITE IS A.M. - GREEN IS P.M./ WHEN SETTING CLOCK BE SURE INDICATOR IS PROPER COLOR - OTHERWISE CALENDAR/ WILL CHANGE AT NOON INSTEAD OF MIDNIGHT./ TO SET DATE - SEE BOTTOM OF CLOCK:/ RESET DATE ON FIRST OF EACH MONTH/ [MONTHS AND NO. OF DAYS LISTED]/ MADE IN USA-PAT. NO. 1,719,805 OTHERS PENDING/ THE HAMMOND CLOCK CO. CHICAGO, ILL'

Missing

From CA of 07/27/1995 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing time setting knob & retaining nut under start knob.

Finish

BLACK PLASTIC CASE/ BLACK PAINTED BACK PLATE/ SILVER COLOURED FACE PLATE WITH BLACK NUMBERS AND HANDS/ ONE GREEN HAND.

Decoration

CLOCK NUMBERES EMBOSSED/ FINE BLACK LINES RADIATE FROM CENTRE RECTANGLE OF CLOCK FACE WITH HORIZONTAL LINES AT CORNER TO CREATE ILLUSION OF DEPTH.