Friday, May 08, 2020
Elgin postscript
When I get attached to a 'patient' company, I like to put some money on the line. Pay for value, equipoise. In the case of Elgin, the company went out of business in 1970, so the only choice is an old product.
When I buy a new toy, I prefer something useful, generally something that will help me function independently in power outages or other off-grid situations.
For Elgin, the two purposes intersected at this Ebay item.
Pic with my awful camera in the usual place just to prove it's really here:
Pic from the seller who had a real camera:
A wind-up travel clock is useful off-grid, and my existing battery-powered clock failed in the last outage. Wind-up is better than battery anyway because batteries run down. (I'll run down sooner or later, but if I'm alive enough to need a clock or a shaver, I'll be alive enough to wind them up.)
This clock is in mint condition, ticks and keeps time, alarm rings. It has an extra feature that attracted extra attention: the variable time-zone circle on the front. It's an Equation clock! Not a very useful gimmick, but a nice connection to the subject at hand.
Religions generally use physical tokens like prayer cloths or rosaries to connect and comfort the believers. I enjoy having physical tokens for my peculiar little Wheatstone religion.
It was made in 1969, just before Elgin went out of business, but unfortunately just after Elgin closed its American factory. It says 'made by Bradley Time division, Japan.' Well, beggars can't be choosers. I might try again later with better knowledge, but this will do for now.
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This clock got its first chance to serve in the Jan 2021 windstorm and outage. Loyal service! Thanks, Elgin.
Pic from the seller who had a real camera:
A wind-up travel clock is useful off-grid, and my existing battery-powered clock failed in the last outage. Wind-up is better than battery anyway because batteries run down. (I'll run down sooner or later, but if I'm alive enough to need a clock or a shaver, I'll be alive enough to wind them up.)
This clock is in mint condition, ticks and keeps time, alarm rings. It has an extra feature that attracted extra attention: the variable time-zone circle on the front. It's an Equation clock! Not a very useful gimmick, but a nice connection to the subject at hand.
Religions generally use physical tokens like prayer cloths or rosaries to connect and comfort the believers. I enjoy having physical tokens for my peculiar little Wheatstone religion.
It was made in 1969, just before Elgin went out of business, but unfortunately just after Elgin closed its American factory. It says 'made by Bradley Time division, Japan.' Well, beggars can't be choosers. I might try again later with better knowledge, but this will do for now.
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This clock got its first chance to serve in the Jan 2021 windstorm and outage. Loyal service! Thanks, Elgin.
Labels: Equipoise, new toy, Patient things
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