Made it up to Nashville weekend before last to do a little picking. As I was walking down the rows I saw this piece sitting on a table. 

 

 

it it caught my eye and I had to have a closer look. It is called a Ruler Clock patented in 1935. This one still winds up and keeps time. I thought it would make a nice piece for my desk so it had to come home with me. 

 

Patriot Picker. 

Kool Piece!  Never saw one before but I like it real well!

1 hour ago, John Moody said:

I thought it would make a nice piece for my desk so it had to come home with me. 

You're a good man for opening your home up for an "orphan" like that... Great to see to supporting the "no tool left behind" initiative too.

Cool piece and great eye!

That's pretty darned neat. Great pick.

Wonder if they made a metric one.

4 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

That's pretty darned neat. Great pick.

Wonder if they made a metric one.

 

I don't know about metric, but they made two sizes, a three inch and a five inch. The three inch one is rare, this is a five inch one. But I couldn't let it pass.

2 hours ago, John Moody said:

 

I don't know about metric, but they made two sizes, a three inch and a five inch. The three inch one is rare, this is a five inch one. But I couldn't let it pass.

That would make a good "What is it" topic

Herb

Wonder IF it chimes on the hour marks?

27 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Wonder IF it chimes on the hour marks?

That would be really neat, if it did.

1 hour ago, Dadio said:

That would make a good "What is it" topic

Herb

I almost did that Herb. 

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Wonder IF it chimes on the hour marks?

 

No chimes but you can here the clicking in the clock as the mechanism moves back and forth. Like the old clocks you can hear it.

 

Here is a link to the Lux Tape Measure Clock.

 

Cool! Small items don't fill up the display cabinets as quickly 

Neat idea, even has the wind up key on the bottom. Cool find, John

 

Herb