My elementary school had a master clock almost exactly like this one, but from the early forties. It was the highlight of my first grade year to be asked to push those buttons and ring the bells.
Thank you for sharing! I'm young enough that the clocks when I was in school were 1960's era Simplex with synchronous motors rather than a pendulum, but the main operation was largely the same. I never got the opportunity to operate the bells, but I definitely spent a lot of time watching the slave clock in my classroom move much more slowly than I wanted it to.
Love the video! Usually the clock advances the secondary clocks at the 59th second, very interesting secondary clock, never seen one like it! The clock Im guessing from the middle of the 1920s. The eyebrow case has been used since the early 1900s but the dial and mechanisms look more 1920s! Love everything!
This is one of the few clocks that I have the whole story on, and this one was built in 1918, so you're in the ballpark. The glass is etched for the customer - a fire station in St. Paul, MN, and is dated. Re the 59th second - I guess that depends on what your reference is. The second hand on the master clock can certainly be aligned with the contact that drives the slave clocks so that it reads 59 when the contact fires, but other than the tiny second hand on the master, I don't know that anyone else would know when the 59th second is. As long as all of the slaves agree, that was probably good enough.
Hi there! I just purchased this exact type of master clock and the main timekeeping part is functioning, however the bell system is completely gone Is there anywhere I can get that part
You carefully move the minute hand to set the main time. To set the remote time, you press the clock advance lever in the bottom of the case which moves the slaves forward one minute per press.
My elementary school had a master clock almost exactly like this one, but from the early forties. It was the highlight of my first grade year to be asked to push those buttons and ring the bells.
Thank you for sharing!
I'm young enough that the clocks when I was in school were 1960's era Simplex with synchronous motors rather than a pendulum, but the main operation was largely the same. I never got the opportunity to operate the bells, but I definitely spent a lot of time watching the slave clock in my classroom move much more slowly than I wanted it to.
Nice video. I agree about the noise. My clocks are relegated to my shed. I didn't bother asking my wife if I could have them in the house.
Our house is pretty pro-ticking/chiming, but I haven't figured out where this one will end up permanently.
Love the video! Usually the clock advances the secondary clocks at the 59th second, very interesting secondary clock, never seen one like it! The clock Im guessing from the middle of the 1920s. The eyebrow case has been used since the early 1900s but the dial and mechanisms look more 1920s! Love everything!
This is one of the few clocks that I have the whole story on, and this one was built in 1918, so you're in the ballpark. The glass is etched for the customer - a fire station in St. Paul, MN, and is dated.
Re the 59th second - I guess that depends on what your reference is. The second hand on the master clock can certainly be aligned with the contact that drives the slave clocks so that it reads 59 when the contact fires, but other than the tiny second hand on the master, I don't know that anyone else would know when the 59th second is. As long as all of the slaves agree, that was probably good enough.
Awesome Video! Learned a lot 👍
Glad you found it interesting.
Cool!
Hi there!
I just purchased this exact type of master clock and the main timekeeping part is functioning, however the bell system is completely gone
Is there anywhere I can get that part
I have a standard electric time square master clock
How you set the time on your master clock
You carefully move the minute hand to set the main time. To set the remote time, you press the clock advance lever in the bottom of the case which moves the slaves forward one minute per press.