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1933 Lawson Cyclometer design, Model Number 215, "The Sportsman" | Art Deco1025 of 1308 |  |  |
Posted 2 years ago
rlwindle
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A 1933 Lawson Cyclometer model #215, that I won on Ebay. I am amazed that this thing still runs and is quite for a clock that is almost 80 years old. It is my third digital clock. The clock was design by Paul Feher.
Runs perfectly.
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Art Deco ClocksClock design was heavily influenced in the 1920s and ’30s by Art Deco, a ma…
Nice clock, rlwindle! Picked one of these up recently myself. From the paper label on the base, it's probably not quite 80 yrs old. Lawson moved operations to Alhambra in 1948. Still, they are very reliable movements.
Check out this site for more info:
http://www.decopix.com/Lawson_Clocks_Part_II/
Chadakoin, I got the date from the book 20th Century Clocks: Desk, Shelf, and Decorative, by Mark V. Stein. He maybe wrong.