The Rooms Are Alive: Got my clocks back from dusting, cleaning, oiling and polishing. Gone two weeks with the expert. Sarge69...

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Got my clocks back from dusting, cleaning, oiling and polishing. Gone two weeks with the expert.

Sarge69

My Moms from 1940s - Someone used wrong oil, gumming it up and needed to be rebuilt (Westminster Chimes)

German - Bought in 1980s (Westminster Chimes)

Bought in Germany in 1980s - Love Chimes

My Holland Clock (Delf) Nice ding sounds

Flipper2012 Loc: Alberta, Canada

Very nice collection Love that clock from Holland

4ellen4 Loc: GTA--Ontario

very nice collection--the one from Holland is especially lovely

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

Looks like you have all the time on your hands that you need...sorry, poor attempt at a bad joke. ;-) Beautiful clocks, however...nice collection.

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Dem are some nice clocks!!! :thumbup:

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

beautiful. Glad they all work now. You must be pleased.

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

Sarge , with your humorous personality, you need a coo-coo clock

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

tlbuljac wrote:

Sarge , with your humorous personality, you need a coo-coo clock

Thanks for all the nice comments on the clocks. I had one 'coo coo' from Germany when I was there in the 60s. Can't remember what relative talked me out of it.

BUT - The two in the bedroom woke me up at 4am this morning with a stereo crescendo of 'Westminster Abbey on the hour' so I don't think I'll wind them next week unless I get used to it. Maybe relegate them to another room, maybe the spare bedroom where the inlaws stay on their frequent visits from Key West.

Sarge69

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

Good idea

sarge69 wrote:

Thanks for all the nice comments on the clocks. I had one 'coo coo' from Germany when I was there in the 60s. Can't remember what relative talked me out of it.

BUT - The two in the bedroom woke me up at 4am this morning with a stereo crescendo of 'Westminster Abbey on the hour' so I don't think I'll wind them next week unless I get used to it. Maybe relegate them to another room, maybe the spare bedroom where the inlaws stay on their frequent visits from Key West.

Sarge69

:thumbup: :thumbup:

GH2man Loc: Portland Oregon

Very nice clocks. Do you remember the advertisements on the back of "Popular Mechanics" in the sixties to build your own grandfather clock? The solid walnut case was $99.00 and the movement was $99.00. I sent for the kit from Emperor clock Co. in Fairhope Alabama. I still have it today.

Larry

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

What??? You still have the "kit" today? Why haven't you built it yet!!!!!quote=GH2man]Very nice clocks. Do you remember the advertisements on the back of "Popular Mechanics" in the sixties to build your own grandfather clock? The solid walnut case was $99.00 and the movement was $99.00. I sent for the kit from Emperor clock Co. in Fairhope Alabama. I still have it today.

Larry[/quote]

GH2man Loc: Portland Oregon

No, I did build it. It stopped working a few years ago and it cost me as much to fix it as the original cost of the clock.

tlbuljac wrote:

What??? You still have the "kit" today? Why haven't you built it yet!!!!!quote=GH2man]Very nice clocks. Do you remember the advertisements on the back of "Popular Mechanics" in the sixties to build your own grandfather clock? The solid walnut case was $99.00 and the movement was $99.00. I sent for the kit from Emperor clock Co. in Fairhope Alabama. I still have it today.

Larry

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Grandfather clock

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

beautiful clock...excellent looking craftsmanship...you should look into getting it to work again

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

tlbuljac wrote:

beautiful clock...excellent looking craftsmanship...you should look into getting it to work again

Beautiful clock. I also remember the 'tea cup Chihuahua' and the 'miniature spider monkeys' advertised. OH ya, almost forgot the small front loader to be built with your garden tractor. Great time of life.

Sarge69