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<p>[QUOTE="Sedona, post: 2238447, member: 4438"]Hello, everyone. I thought I would share some photos of one of my favorite things, a New Haven Bakelite small desk clock. I have a special soft spot for watches and clocks. My husband had a great uncle who died 15 years ago just shy of 90. He never married or had children, but had a life of adventure after serving all over the world in WWIi (Middle East including Palestine and Egypt, and India etc.). He also never threw anything out. So, when no one else wanted this clock, I grabbed it (along with campaign photos from WWIi, his photos of the 1939 New York World’s fair, and various cigarette lighters still NIB). I don’t have a key for it, so I don’t know if it even works (and I don’t know if it’s worth finding one online, and getting the clock to work), but I just love the way it looks. He had a lot of other small clocks like this (mostly New Haven, some Westclox), so I took them all, but this one is my favorite. </p><p><br /></p><p>It measures 4” W x 2.75” H x 1.5” D.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was an NYC native but went to California after the war. So, if this is 1930s, he would have been in New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can’t figure out what the ball on top is for. Maybe it’s just decorative.[ATTACH=full]255768[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]255769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]255770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sedona, post: 2238447, member: 4438"]Hello, everyone. I thought I would share some photos of one of my favorite things, a New Haven Bakelite small desk clock. I have a special soft spot for watches and clocks. My husband had a great uncle who died 15 years ago just shy of 90. He never married or had children, but had a life of adventure after serving all over the world in WWIi (Middle East including Palestine and Egypt, and India etc.). He also never threw anything out. So, when no one else wanted this clock, I grabbed it (along with campaign photos from WWIi, his photos of the 1939 New York World’s fair, and various cigarette lighters still NIB). I don’t have a key for it, so I don’t know if it even works (and I don’t know if it’s worth finding one online, and getting the clock to work), but I just love the way it looks. He had a lot of other small clocks like this (mostly New Haven, some Westclox), so I took them all, but this one is my favorite. It measures 4” W x 2.75” H x 1.5” D. He was an NYC native but went to California after the war. So, if this is 1930s, he would have been in New York. I can’t figure out what the ball on top is for. Maybe it’s just decorative.[ATTACH=full]255768[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]255769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]255770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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