Warren "Telechron" Electric Clock WORKS! Type B- 2 Model M1, but needs new bulb

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Warren "Telechron" Electric Clock With Light, Type B- 2, Model M1, MA, USAWarren Telechron 370-A electric clock, first electric clock with continuos motion and first with a lighted display.Vintage from the 1920sMaterialsWood, MetalDescriptionTelechron electric clock in working order., minus the light bulb. This clock was made by Henry Ellis Warren in the 1920's. It is in working order. The body is wood and the dial is gold metal with black numbers. The clock has age appropriate wear and a small dent in the wood, please see picture. The glass is free of chips or cracks!Henry Warren initially named his company "The Warren Clock Company." It became "Warren Telechron" in 1926. As early as 1917, General Electric acquired a strong interest in Telechron, realizing the economic potential of Warren's invention. When Warren retired in 1943, General Electric gradually absorbed Telechron into its operations. The clocks labeled "Telechron" on the dial, as well as those labeled "General Electric" were both made in the Ashland, Massachusetts factory. GE clocks had their own case, dial and hand designs, as well as model names and numbers, but the internal workings of both brands of clock were always the same Telechron type of movement.Henry Ellis Warren is credited with invention of the first synchronous electric clock which kept time from the oscillations read more