Smiths Electric Wall Clock

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Smiths electric wall clock. 1205 english 1930s art deco electric smith s wall clock. Smiths formed a subsidiary company called synchronous electric clocks to produce these clocks as the first models carry this name. It was reviewed in 1936 wcm nov 36 and was considered worthy of re examination in 1956 hj apl 56. The bijou was a very successful design and became the workhorse of smiths electric clocks and remained in use until around the late 50s.
Smiths clocks could be found everywhere from railway stations to schools from bentley s to mini s and even spitfire aircraft. Explore barrie smith s excellent smiths clocks site for information on all smiths clocks with information as listed below. Vintage large norton smith electric wall clock station factory clock working. Smiths themselves called them hour and half hour strike they have two winding arbors and so have two winding apertures or keyholes in the dial if the clock is wound from the front.
Smiths clocks which strike once at the half hour and strike x times at the hour to show it is x o clock are striking clocks not chiming clocks. From their head office in cricklewood north london they produced clocks for the home workplace aircraft and the motor industry. Smiths domestic electric clocks. Ending 19 aug at 8 29pm bst 3d 8h click collect.
Founded in 1851 smiths were once the largest clock manufacturer in europe. These were put on the market towards the end of 1931. Smiths sectric industrial electric clock with bakelite outer to case 37 cm diameter sold by in for you can display prices in au us nz or stg.