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Fighting the good fight |
I'd like to hang a large decorative analog clock on a wall of my new home. But I'd like it to be atomic, so I don't have to worry about it getting out of time, having to take it down to readjust it for Daylight Savings, etc. I'm thinking something roughly 3 feet in diameter. In my interweb searching, I'm finding a bunch of large clocks, and a bunch of atomic clocks, but no real options for large, atomic clocks. Anyone have a source for large atomic analog wall clocks? | ||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
This one's a real bitch to adjust. It's got one Hell of an alarm function, though. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Not atomic, but how about solar?  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Damn. That is unusual. {Not criticizing though, each to his own}. THREE FEET across is train or bus station size. It would make me nervous. | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
I'm going for something similar to this... a plain white wall with a large decorative clock:  | |||
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Oh now that is attractive. I was thinking of the type they have in classrooms just larger. Thanks | |||
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Try Hammacher Schlemmer. They have all kinds of stuff. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I found these: https://www.klockit.com/quarte...-clock-movement.html https://www.amazon.com/Movemen...id=1596155003&sr=8-2 https://products.bestreviews.c...tomic-clock-movement https://www.american-time.com/...-clock-movement-kits Maybe one of those would work. (Some are made in China.) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
Interesting... Are you suggesting I buy a large clock, and buy an atomic movement, then cobble them together? | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Yes of course. Then it will glow in the dark. . | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Oh yeah, Atomic Movement. You stay away from Taco Bell, ya hear?!?!?! Dang it man, you're going to destroy that new house! | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
That, or DIY the dial and assemble one. Considering you want something about 3' in diameter, I doubted that you'd find a commercial one that big. ETA: I just found this 20" one: https://www.wayfair.com/decor-...lock-w001263697.html flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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This is digital and not atomic but it plugs in and has battery backup that saves the time if there’s a power outage. It’s 3 feet wide, eight and three quarters tall and has a remote so you can adjust from a distance. Here’s a link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&th=1 | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
Thanks, but I'm looking for analog not digital. (A round face with moving hands, like the photo above.) | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
I have this one by Howard Miller (stock photo)  32" diameter, it is not an atomic clock, it has a battery operated quartz movement. It is fairly accurate, I may readjust by a minute once a year. I have yet to replace the battery, and wouldn't be difficult since it is fairly light in weight, the placement height is easy enough to remove the clock standing on a chair, and is easy to readjust for daylight savings. I think I paid $250 a couple of years ago. Do I need a super-accurate large face decorative clock?. No, as long as it is close enough to the minute. Plus there are no minute markers anyways, it is just a cool thing to hang in the living room. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Bald Headed Squirrel Hunter |
Another option might be to purchase a quartz clock of the size you want and then replace the quartz movement with an atomic movement. I have done this in the past but never on the size of clock you desire. Here is an example of such a movement: atomic movement "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Rogue, my one of my daughters bought me a clock similar to the one in your first pic here. With a lofted ceiling, it went really nice in the living room. Kept very accurate time on one AA battery although, changing its time twice a year did help.  Downside, don't accidentally drop it, or allow anything else to drop on it, when its removed from the wall during a repaint effort. They are very light and the clock hands VERY thin. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Fighting the good fight |
True. It doesn't need to be super accurate. I guess I've just had bad experiences with smaller wall clocks in the past that got off by several minutes per month, and constantly needed readjustment. Having to wrestle a 3+ foot clock off the wall every few weeks would get old fast. Hence my search for an atomic version. I may give a standard analog version a shot. This 40" one seems to be the style I'm after, and is reasonably priced at just over $100:  | |||
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