LUX MANUFACTURING CO. CUCKOO PENDULETTE TIMEPIECE
INDEX # : 106-T-0299

circa: 1937-1956

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CLOCK STYLE	Pendulette
CLOCK NAME	Animated Bobbing Bird - Facing Left
MANUFACTURE	Lux Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
CASE MODEL #	No. 312
MOVEMENT TYPE	Brass, 30 hour, lever escapement, spring driven. 200 beats/minute.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base=4 1/2", Height=7", Depth=1 1/2"
LABEL INFORMATION	N/A
DIAL INFORMATION	White Roman numerals.
MISC. FEATURES	Brown molded wood case, walnut colored.
ACQUIRED FROM	Valentine's Day gift from my wife KL in February 1999.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Time piece in running order.
RESTORATION	N/A
HISTORICAL DATA The Lux Clock Co. as it appeared c. 1920	Timepiece listed for $2.70 in 1942 Lux catalog. Listed for $3.84 in 1951 B.A. CO., Inc. catalog. 1956 Lux Wholesale price list indicates that this timepiece was style 314, and listed for $3.98. The Lux Manufacturing Co. was founded by Paul Lux in 1917. He was a native of Germany, and had worked for the Waterbury Clock Co. for 28 years. Produced timers, alarms, and novelty clocks under the management of Lux, his sons and grandsons. The Keebler Clock Company marketed many of their clocks. Lux built a second plant in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1950. In June of 1961 the company was taken over by the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company. From luxclocks.net: "Many of the Pendulette and shelf clocks had faces made by the Syracuse Ornamental Company Inc. These were made of a mixture of fine sawdust and resin (known as Syrocowood) that was poured into a mold, dried and then removed from the mold. The Lux Clock Mfg. Company then hand painted these cases in various colors. After World War 2, The Lux Clock Mfg. Company started producing many of their clocks with plastic cases. In the 1930's Lux Clock Mfg. Company also made clocks for the August C. Keebler Company of Chicago, Illinois (The Keebler Company did not produce their own clocks). The Lux Clock Clock Mfg. Company also sold the same clocks with their name on them. Westclox also made clocks for the Keebler Company that were similar to the Lux Pendulettes. The Westclox clocks all wind at the nine o'clock position. In the late 50's Westclox also produced their own Pendulettes, which were similar to the Lux Pendulettes.  The Lux Clock Mfg. Company also had a sales division in New York, the DeLuxe Clock and Mfg. Company Inc., 1107 Broadway New York, New York. You will find many of the art clocks with the DE LUXE sticker on the back of the case."
REFERENCES	1. "Clock Identification and Price Guide - Book 3" by Roy Ehrhardt, 1987, page 179 & 180. 2. NAWCC Bulletin #319, "Lux and Keebler Pendulette Clocks" article by Mel Kaye (NJ), page 155. 3. "Price Guide to Antique Clocks" by Robert & Harriett Swedburg, 1988, pg. 216, picture of similar clock. 4. "Waterbury - A Pictorial History 1674-1974", Pequot Press, 1974.    5. "luxclocks.net" - A terrific website with good information to help identify many different Lux Clock models.
NOTES	My wife purchased this timepiece from an "online internet auction". This was the first timepiece we acquired from an internet action....This could be trouble!

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