Oswald clock
A very nice Oswald clock, in the shape of a French Buldog, plastic cast and finished.
Clock is made by "The Oswald Company" in the Black Forest in Germany.
Movement runs for approx. 30 hours, the time can be read from the position of the eyes, the left eye indicates the hours and the right eye the minutes. With some practice you can read the approximate time every day.
Try not to laugh.
Dating 1950 - 1960
Dimensions: High 13 cm
Clockmaker Fritz Oswald made at first the novelty clocks with rotating eyeballs, with one displaying the hours and the other displaying the minutes. They can look cute or completely deranged depending on what time it is. These clocks were later made by the Oswald company in the Freiburg area, in Germany’s Black Forest, from the early 1920s until they finally ceased production in the 1960s. Before World War II, most rolling-eye clocks, were made of wood. Then, as technology advanced in the 1950s and '60s, they began to be made from molded plaster. The dog-shaped clocks are the most common, with the J. Oswald Company patenting them in 1926. In addition to dogs and skulls, you can also find clocks shaped like genies, owls, and even monkeys. After the J. Oswald Company stopped manufacture, knockoffs appeared as others copied the designs in the 1960s and 1970s, but the classic Oswald clocks are still collector's items.
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