"dxAce" wrote in message
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HankG wrote:
"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
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In article 4Fj3d.3745$Ii2.3736@trnddc09, honus1
@earthlink.net.is.invalid says...
I'm looking to buy one online, since there don't seem to be any
purveyors in
my area. I'd like to hear some recommendations for brands. I've
found
several styles, but I'm hoping to find one that's easiest to read
quickly.
(Some look like they'll take a couple of seconds of deciphering.)
I'm
thinking of going digital for that reason, but I have to admit I
kind of
like the way the analog clocks look in the shack photos that I've
been
seeing lately.
Having worked for chain drug stores for years, whenever any 'store
brand'
items were returned by customers, they would wind up in the trash can
(not
returnable to manufacturer). You wouldn't believe how many fans,
radios,
mag flashlights, etc., I 'removed' from the trash--now working nicely.
On two separate occasions, I acquired 'store' clocks, the big (14"
diameter
Seth Thomas variety) which fell from the wall dislodging the hands,
eventually winding up in the trash. I hanged them in my shack (one set
for
UTC). A simple dismantling and the hands were replaced.
Since one case was broken, I dismantled it, removed the hour hand,
painted
it red, and added it to the other clock. I also printed out a small set
of
numerals in bold, ranging from 00, 13, 14 - 23, and taped them with
invisible tape forming an inner ring indicating UTC on the clock face.
The
painted hand was set to UTC. So twice a year, a simple dismantling (3
screws) and I reset the 'standard' hand.
Bottom line, you could do the same with any 2 similar clocks, or even
make
your own with an inexpensive clock module and extra hand.
Seth Thomas still makes some apparently.
This will get you to one, and there is at least another the
http://www.seththomas.com/shopping.c...Selecte d=399
Not quite the same as the one I bought 20 years ago and have here in the
shack:
http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/pics.htm
dxAce
Nice clock (yours). I didn't like the inner ring of numerals on that ST
since they were arranged radially rather than perpendicular to the vertical
axis (yours and mine). Because of a space limitation, I found it very
convenient to have Standard Time and UTC displayed on the one clockface.
HankG