Posted 1 year ago
bratjdd
(416 items)
I would like to share this clock with everyone.
This a B&B Remembrance clock as you can see is
a globe design clock. i am not sure what year it came
out. Enjoy.
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very cool clock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, BELLIN68
anytime bratjdd!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty graphic and artistic representation of time as it relates to Earth's rotation. Very nice piece!
Thanks, Bruce I agree with you, when i first saw it, i had to have it
since i have never seen one like this.:)
The cases of these clocks are shaped like Mercury space capsules and on the earliest ones - early 1960s - the hr hand is shaped like a rocket, the minute hand like a space capsule, and the second hand is an orbiting satellite. Very cool! Here's a white one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Must-have-Vintage-Electric-Clock-Space-Capsule-Orbits-second-Hand-L-K-/120840647001?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c22a9f159#ht_5709wt_1109