Post #82885 by Alnshely on Thu, Mar 25, 2004 7:08 PM

I've always liked the "Sunburst" clock by George Nelson

It was designed in the fifties, but you can still buy them.
http://hivemodern.com/products/?cid=42&cid2=49
They're expensive, over $200.00. Nelson designed a bunch of clocks with this Starburst pattern. Like these.





Anyway, this was a popular design and there were allot of imitators. Like these





I see the imitation at garage sales all the time. I had the idea a couple of weeks ago to buy one and paint it like the Nelson clock I like. I found one exactly like this for $3.00. It's an Elgin

Detail

So after $12.00 in spray paint and some new clockworks from the craft store. I came up with this.

I cut the new hands from balsa, it keeps great time. After I painted it I realized I didn't have a before picture, so I searched E-bay for one. This Elgin Clock goes for almost a hundred dollars. If I knew that before I started I would have listed it on eBay instead of painting it. Now I feel like I defaced it. Oh well!! I like my new clock.
Mahalo,
Al

[ Edited by: Alnshely 2009-05-24 23:43 ]

[ Edited by: alnshely 2009-05-26 08:50 ]