Two mains-electric mystery timepieces
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Two mains-electric mystery timepieces

细节
Two mains-electric mystery timepieces
JEFFERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY. Gilt-plated metal and glass Golden Hour model (US mains frequency 60hz), circa 1955 -- 9in. (23 cm.) high
SMITH ELECTRIC. Chrome-plated metal and glass, with synchronous motor, circa 1935 -- 8 in. (20 cm.) high (2)
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拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Crum & Keller ed., 150 Years of Electric Horology, NAWCC Chapter 125, 1992, p.42; Alan and Rita Shenton, Collectable Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, p.404, fig.447.
Manufacture of the Golden Hour began in 1949. In 1953 the Philco Corporation offered a free clock with the purchase of every television it sold; over 50,000 clocks were bought by Philco for the promotion.
Charles K. Aked, Electrifying Time, Antiquarian Horological Society, 1976, pp.84-85; Alan and Rita Shenton, Collectable Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, p.404, fig.446.
Smith English Clocks Ltd. of Cricklewood, London took out the patent for their mystery clock in 1935.