Help-Clock wanted
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Help-Clock wanted
Evening All,
I'm after a clock, no really interested in antique stuff unless its cheep, only thing I'm looking for is a sweep second hand. I have a newly papered chimney breast to fill,(now know as "flue" you got to love the EU) I'm just after something that looks good, so if its made out of plastic and I have to put a battery in it every month, thats fine. But It must have a sweep second hand, if someone can point out antique that doesnt cost a lot, brilliant.
I'm after a clock, no really interested in antique stuff unless its cheep, only thing I'm looking for is a sweep second hand. I have a newly papered chimney breast to fill,(now know as "flue" you got to love the EU) I'm just after something that looks good, so if its made out of plastic and I have to put a battery in it every month, thats fine. But It must have a sweep second hand, if someone can point out antique that doesnt cost a lot, brilliant.
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
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Ask AVO (classy vintage)or go to Argos (cheap crap).
scooter
Ask AVO (classy vintage)or go to Argos (cheap crap).
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
Cheers, scooter!
Lamps, I haven't seen many "classy vintage" clocks with seconds hands, most of them tend to be just hour / minute, and of course the problem with "cheap crap" by which I assume quartz , is that you will get a 1-second clunker.
There's plenty of reasonalby priced old stuff on the bay.
I know what I'd pick!
Lamps, I haven't seen many "classy vintage" clocks with seconds hands, most of them tend to be just hour / minute, and of course the problem with "cheap crap" by which I assume quartz , is that you will get a 1-second clunker.
There's plenty of reasonalby priced old stuff on the bay.
I know what I'd pick!
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
Hi Lamppo,
I know this might not be for you, but i am fairly sure that the seiko clocks have a sweeping second hand.
F Hinds in the high street have a few.
This seiko has a sweeping second hand.
http://www.fhinds.co.uk/Clocks/Wall_Clo ... 35947.html
I know this might not be for you, but i am fairly sure that the seiko clocks have a sweeping second hand.
F Hinds in the high street have a few.
This seiko has a sweeping second hand.
http://www.fhinds.co.uk/Clocks/Wall_Clo ... 35947.html
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
What kind of size are we looking at here?
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
Cirrus wrote:What kind of size are we looking at here?
No smaller that a foot in diameter
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
I would search on eBay for Dealer Clocks then - some of them are quite niftylamppo_the_GasFitter wrote:Cirrus wrote:What kind of size are we looking at here?
No smaller that a foot in diameter
I like this one especially;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LUMINOR-PANER ... 4ac0a7aaec
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
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You know, I would probably buy a CWL wall-clock if it looked like the C5. Wonder how hard it would be to make one?
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I almost bought a real one a year or so ago but it was an EBay auction and went for a lot of dosh.
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
I think the winding will be the hard bit. My Gran had a clock on the sideboard. You used to have to open the glass front and there were a couple of holes (I think) on the face. You would put the key into the hole and wind it up.Cirrus wrote:You know, I would probably buy a CWL wall-clock if it looked like the C5. Wonder how hard it would be to make one?
I was looking at skeleton clocks but they are a bit expensive. I assume they are automatic although when I looked at pedulum clocks they were battery operated.
The price of a cheap 7" Android tablet is cheaper than most of the clocks I have looked at. All you need is a clock app with a sweeping second hand.
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
My outlaws have got one of the Seiko clocks with sweeping hands and it actually looks ok!!
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
Found some I like.
Not sure is any of them are sweep second hands, the last one is described as mute, so I'm guessing that one may be. Will email them at some point to find out.
Not sure is any of them are sweep second hands, the last one is described as mute, so I'm guessing that one may be. Will email them at some point to find out.
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Re: Help-Clock wanted
How about this? A watch/clock hybrid. Big wrist/small chimney breast required?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130841712952? ... 1423.l2649
Perhaps AVO could assist in pinning it to the wall for you?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130841712952? ... 1423.l2649
Perhaps AVO could assist in pinning it to the wall for you?
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