Oddly-interesting automatic calendar -- what is it?

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Posted 12 years ago

Songbob
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I don't know when this was made, by whom, but I know it's intriguing. It doesn't work, alas, but might be able to be repaired, if we knew what it is.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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Chadakoin, 12 years ago
This is a Plato clock - the first "digital" clock - patented by Eugene Fitch of New York in 1903. They were produced in the US by the Ansonia Clock Co. and in Germany by the Junghans Clock Co.

Lots more information here:
http://user1791690.sites.myregisteredsite.com/id6.html
vetraio50, 12 years ago
The world was going digital!
A piece of history.
Songbob, 12 years ago
Great! I knew someone would know about them. I'll check more closely for maker's mark and so forth.

Is it worth the fixing? I realize that depends on what's wrong, of course, but are they particularly difficult works to repair?

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