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I have a small collection of dead clocks that I sit on top of my kitchen cabinets for decoration....perhaps an odd choice for decor, but i dig it. Anyway, took this shot back in November....hand lit one exposure. I tried many different lightpainting element choices to work into the center....my trusty fake skull..cool but not great.... then went the cardboard tube/tunnel route as well as that is the easiest line up for a circle and staying within the boundaries for a tight shot....but still to no crushing impact in what my mind a photo at its best should have. So the photo has been sitting in my camera since then....getting ready to erase the card and decided to save this shot as it is.....on re-viewing it, i think the simplicity is pretty cool in this case on its own. A sense of mystery and darkness and a single subject. So this idea rests as it is now. And always remember.....even a dead clock is correct twice a day. :)
A squashy-looking chair and a stately grandfather clock sit by
a house at the end of Chapel Street in Bradford, England. But they aren’t being moved or given away—they’ve been in the same place since the early 1990s. And they’re made out of stone.
Created by the artist Timothy Shutter, these pieces of stone furniture are a sculpture by the name of Grandad’s Clock and Chair. The piece was commissioned in 1991 by Bradford Council and Little Germany Action Group, and installed in 1992.
-- via Atlas Obscura
This building is currently a parking lot. In 1937 it had the Chicago Hotel upstairs, as well as 3 cafes (one named Angelo Cafe on the corner) and a barber on the first floor, along with jeweler O. Kimura.
The clock on the right side of the photograph was owned by Otomatsu Kimura. This is one of four confirmed sightings of this clock. It was cataloged in a 1924 inventory of clocks, and is seen in a photo taken i late 1942, an undated (1940s or 1950s) image and a 1950 view. Because there is no street use permit for its installation, I believe it was installed prior to 1917.
According to his illegal internment file, Otomatsu was born in Japan in 1874 and arrived in the US in 1903. Marriage records show that he married Suwa Yamamoto in 1907, who was born in Shiga prefecture just like him. She immigrated to the US in 1907 and her signature was in Japanese on the certificate, hints that they had an arranged marriage. He was already 43. They had two sons and a daughter over the next five years.
In the 1910 census he already listed his profession as a retail jeweler. Newspaper articles later described him as a pawnbroker, so he sold at least some used good. A 1940 immigration document typewritten "jeweler" was overwritten with "watch maker" as his profession.
That same year he paid for an elaborate entry in the city directory, saying: "Expert watchmaker, all repair work guaranteed, 21 years of dependable service at this location, 510 Jackson near 5th Av S". That matches our photograph, where a large placard over his door says "O Kimura - Expert Watchmaker". If the date is accurate, he opened the store in 1909.
In 1940 his two sons Osamu ("Sam") and Kazuota were living with him with Kaz's wife Masako and their daughter Kujoko and newborn grandson Katsumi. The sons both worked at the University Club, one as a steward and one as a bartender.
He went to the holding area at the Puyallup fair grounds and then spent the war at the Minidoka camp. At the time he entered the prison he was 67 years old. His grandson was 3.
Otomatsu grew up on a farm in Japan, and must have worked at Puget Sound oyster beds and some sort of an amusement park per his employment record.
He returned to Seattle after the war with his wife, children and grandchildren.
Kimura died in 1964 at the age of 90. His obituary in the Seattle Times said that he owned his own store until he retired in 1955. Suwa preceded him in death in 1959. At that time they already had one great-grandchild. When he died there were 5.
I'm not yet sure if he returned to the same storefront and retained ownership of the clock. But by 1950 the clock's face was covered with a sign saying "DRY GOODS". So at least in the final years his business was elsewhere.
This photo is on the King County property card for parcel 524780-1590 at the Washington State Puget Sound Regional Archives.
An interestingly different world-art clock, the widest I've ever seen, inside Star Duck Chung Coffee, Vientiane, Laos.
I learned here on Flickr, a while back, that in Britain, dandelion weed seeds are called clocks. So this just came to me. :-) I don't think this is actually from a dandelion, though. Are all globular fluffy seeds called clocks there?
Clock.
17/5/16
Pentax K1000 SLR with 50mm lens.
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 film pushed to 800.
Processed by Ilford Labs.
Scanned by me using Epson V550.
Adjusted for contrast and curves in Lightroom 6.
003007.
30 hours steeple-style shelf clock, c.1851-1860. Made by Ansonia Clock Co. of Connecticut using mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, glass and brass. Clock has reverse painting on class of the original US Capital building, white face with Roman numerals. It has conical finials at corners and a deteriorated paper label inside. 20' tall, 9 7/8" wide and 4" deep.
ACC# 79.485
Donated by Frederick E. Bottiger, 1962
See other clocks in the Society's collection at flic.kr/s/aHskG4S1vr.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 at the corner of Cambie and Water streets in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Although the clock is now owned by the City of Vancouver, funding for the project, estimated to be about $58,000 CDN, was provided by contributions from local merchants, property owners, and private donors. Incorporating a steam engine and electric motors, the clock displays the time on four faces and announces the quarter hours with a whistle chime that plays the Westminster Quarters. The clock produces a puff of steam from its top on the hour.
Time passes, like clouds in the sky. Weeks and months go by as if they were a single day. Summer fades to fall, winter yields to spring, different minutes of the same hour.”
Martel, Yann
about time - for our daily challenge
This attractive clock is located in downtown Roanoke, Virginia. After taking this shot, it was time to head to Corned Beef & Co. for lunch!
Wie oft seid ihr schon „zu spät“ gekommen?
Mit der richtigen Zeitanzeige hätte es geklappt.
Mein Beitrag zur Happy Shooting Aufgabe "Zu Spät"
This is the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower, on the southern shore of Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is a well-known landmark, and is all that remains of the former Kowloon Station terminus of the Kowloon-Canton railway. The tower is now surrounded by gardens, water features and modern buildings, one of which features the sloping wall on the left. I liked its juxtaposition with the pure verticals of the clock tower.
This clock is in our living room. On the hour it makes the sound of the bird for that hour. Many of these birds live around us. I am constantly hearing the 7 o’clock bird outside.
I took my little camera and recorded each of the bird sounds. You can hear each one by clicking the note on the photo. They are all low quality files but at least you can get an idea what they sound like.
The little piece of tape that is at 12 o’clock is to slightly block the light on the light sensor. This sensor controls how loud the bird sounds are. In a completely dark room you don’t hear it at all. That little piece of tape has the effect of lowering the volume.