Vintage 1932 HAMMOND Clock / Works / Marble / 7 lbs

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1932 Whitehall HAMMOND Clock - Spin Start - Synchronous Movement Rare Brazilian Marble - 7 1/4" Tall X 7 3/4" Long X 2 1/2 Wide Very Heavy 7 Pounds Clock has been plugged in for three months, keeps perfect time and runs quietly. Cord and plug in good condition. With the exception of a small, have to look for chip, on the back side, on the left, where the clock joins the pedestal, it is otherwise a perfect vintage timepiece. This clock looks better in person, green marble is very difficult to accurately photograph. All things Hammond, his amazing electric clocks and his ingenious organs. He started making some of the best electric clocks in the 1930's. They are still some of the most collectable clocks today some fetching hundreds of dollars. Laurens Hammonds was born in 1895. He was well educated and served in the military during the first world war. Having a hand in inventing the infrared devices for the guided missles. In the late 1920's Hammond developed a synchronous electric motor that allowed him to make a "tickless" electric clock. The clocks were unique in that you had to "start" them. After plugging them in and setting the time you turned a little wheel on the back and this started the motor for the clock.The clocks were make thru the late 1920's up into the early 1940's. His synchronous electric motor was used in a vast read more

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