Recommendation for a mechanical alarm clock

[Philip Bayer]

A customer of mine asked about acquiring an inexpensive (but not Walmart inexpensive) mechanical alarm clock. Anyone have a recommendation for a currently produced alarm clock? I could not think of any.

Thanks,
Philip

 

[burnz]

Not particularly current but---go on ebay and obtain one of the later Lux/Robertshaw alarm clocks. Make sure it runs-alarms-and all winders etc.- are there. Thay made good robust alarms. Of course ebay also offers Big Bens and Baby Bens.
Some of the alarms on there had very little use or are NOS.

 

[jmclaugh]

Tbh I don't see how anyone today can make and sell an inexpensive mechanical clock.

The only ones I am aware of with an alarm are carriage clocks which L'Epee still make, Bayard may still also be producing them or at least were in the 1990s, they aren't however inexpensive.

 

[Philip Bayer]

Thanks, I'll check some of these.
He didn't have a price in mind, but of course wants the best of all worlds, mechanical but cheap, but also accurate and reliable, which are generally mutually exclusive categories...

Philip

 

[Chris Radano]

Here is a link:

http://www.alarmclocksonline.com/AllWindups.htm

On the above page, there is a link to restored older alarm clocks.

 

[Arthur Cagle]

We have used (and still use) Baby Bens and Big Bens for decades. They are accurate and durable but not generally accepted as repairable. If he wants a working clock as opposed to a collectible, this is the one (even if he does buy it at Wal-Mart).
Arthur