The Hands of Time
“Hands of time move us forward, never back. Only memories frozen in mind, can we re-enact.” – Robert M. Hensel, American Guiness World Record holder.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 12th of July is "clock face", which is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the centre, called hands. This theme is wonderful for me, as amongst the many things I collect, I have taken after my mother and collect antique clocks. This left me with many choices of clock faces for me to photograph. In this case, I have opted for the face of the very first antique clock I ever bought with my wages: a Sessions mantle clock from the early 1900s. They don’t make them like they used to, and this clock has been steadily going without problem or complaint, keeping good time and requiring no more than a weekly wind with its original key for more than three decades now. Bearing a sterling silver plaque on its front, it was presented to its first owner by the employees of Cornell Ltd. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Established in 1903, the Sessions Clock Company, known colloquially simply as "sessions" was one of several notable American clock companies centered in Connecticut. Sessions and its predecessor (E.N. Welch Company), along with the E. Ingraham Company, the Ansonia Clock Company, the New Haven Clock Company, the Seth Thomas Clock Company, the William L. Gilbert Clock Company, and the Waterbury Clock Company collectively produced most of the mechanical clocks made in America between the mid Nineteenth Century and 1950. Around 1935, Sessions ended its production of mechanical clocks and produced electrical clocks exclusively. In the early 1950s Sessions begin to produce timers for television. In 1956, Sessions was absorbed by a company interested mainly in their timing devices.
The Hands of Time
“Hands of time move us forward, never back. Only memories frozen in mind, can we re-enact.” – Robert M. Hensel, American Guiness World Record holder.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 12th of July is "clock face", which is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the centre, called hands. This theme is wonderful for me, as amongst the many things I collect, I have taken after my mother and collect antique clocks. This left me with many choices of clock faces for me to photograph. In this case, I have opted for the face of the very first antique clock I ever bought with my wages: a Sessions mantle clock from the early 1900s. They don’t make them like they used to, and this clock has been steadily going without problem or complaint, keeping good time and requiring no more than a weekly wind with its original key for more than three decades now. Bearing a sterling silver plaque on its front, it was presented to its first owner by the employees of Cornell Ltd. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Established in 1903, the Sessions Clock Company, known colloquially simply as "sessions" was one of several notable American clock companies centered in Connecticut. Sessions and its predecessor (E.N. Welch Company), along with the E. Ingraham Company, the Ansonia Clock Company, the New Haven Clock Company, the Seth Thomas Clock Company, the William L. Gilbert Clock Company, and the Waterbury Clock Company collectively produced most of the mechanical clocks made in America between the mid Nineteenth Century and 1950. Around 1935, Sessions ended its production of mechanical clocks and produced electrical clocks exclusively. In the early 1950s Sessions begin to produce timers for television. In 1956, Sessions was absorbed by a company interested mainly in their timing devices.