I think Arch already answered the question - the clocks on my site
(for the rest of you, www.wbnoble.com, look in hobbies section)
came from garage sales or the trash, I doubt that I paid over a dollar
each, though of course they are worth at least a million $ each now
(well, we wish)

what I would do is look in thrift shops, junk stores, etc - I have the
clock guts from a sony radio - it's a motor driven "digital"
meachanism somewhere - and I have a pile of clock guts and clocks I
saved because I used to use them in metal sculpture (weld up hands,
weld clock to something cool, add the hands, .....) - if you can't
find any, I'm sure we can work a deal, but I'd be totally amazed if
you can't find all you want for a dollar each or less.

that said, I am unaware of any suitable production analog clocks with
battry backup - they were made, but they were complex affairs with
lots of electronics to make a freq source to drive the motor. There
are "school" clocks that have a stepper that you drive with a one
pulse per second signal, those would be amenable to battery backup,
but I don't think that's what you are looking for.

a battery quartz unit is good, easy to have battery backup, and you
can add a "wall wart" to it by just using a rechargable battery and
wiring a battery charger to it.

hope this helps









On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:58:57 -0500, Prometheus
wrote:

Hello,

I was just taking a look at your website and contemplating getting a
faceplate for my outboard, when I noticed that you have "clocks" under
your hobby section.

So perhaps you're the guy who might know the answer to this one- I've
been looking off and on for an analog alarm clock that runs off a
standard 110v wall plug (or 12v DC with adapter), preferably with a
battery backup. Case and face condition don't matter, as I intend to
take it apart and turn a custom one (provided I can ever find such an
item.) The only important bits are the internal works and setting
keys. I'm undecided as to whether I prefer external bells or an
internal alarm, but as they seem to be a rarity, I'd take whatever I
can get.

I know I can find battery ones, and wind-up versions, but I worry that
I'd forget to wind it or change the battery one day and end up being
late for work. Since you have some rather obscure stuff on your site
anyhow, is there any chance you've got one of these squirreled away
somewhere? I "could" get a digital clock that would do the job, but I
really prefer analog for aestetic reasons.

You can contact me off-list at if you've
got any ideas, or here- as I check this forum regularly. Figured I'd
post it here just in case someone else has any leads, especially since
it's on-topic anyhow.

Bill

www.wbnoble.com

to contact me, do not reply to this message,
instead correct this address and use it

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