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Lot 144
Large Display Alarm Clock by JAZ, c. 1920
Estimate:
£1,500 - £2,000
Sold for:
£875
Timed Auction
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Description
Without Reserve

A monumentally large, electrically operated display alarm clock in the "Replic" design of 1920, by the French firm Compagnie Industrielle de Mecanique Horlogere-Paris (JAZ), with second alarm dial, deep chrome surround, and pierced minute and second hands. Removable back, complete with oversized faux winders and electrical cable, wired for Europe but able to be modified. With metal plate fixed to the stand reading "Proprieté de circaI.M.H, 64 bis, Rue de Boetie PARIS, no. 29." French, circa 1920. The giant clock is shown with a standard size "Replic" which is included in the lot.

Founded by a small group of French engineers in 1919, JAZ was born from an idea following WWI, that there was lucrative an untapped market for well-designed and stylish alarm clocks, an essential element to getting the industrial workforce to their places of work on time. Their first model, The Classic, was released in 1921. A much more melodic alarm bell compared to other clocks on the market, the luminous-faced Classic "L" that closely followed sold 10,000 models in the first year, making it a massive commercial success. In 1957, JAZ had sold its 20 millionth clock, and more than a million timepieces were made by the company each year making it the largest clock manufacturer in France. Condition note: The clock has not been tested.

Height: 22 in. (56 cm). Diameter of face: 18 in. (46 cm).