LUX MANUFACTURING CO. PENDULETTE TIMEPIECE
INDEX # : 061-T-0393

circa: 1933-1956

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CLOCK STYLE	Pendulette
CLOCK NAME	Animated Old Style Cuckoo (Lacy Edge)
MANUFACTURE	Lux Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
CASE MODEL #	No. 311
MOVEMENT TYPE	Brass, 30-hour, lever escapement, spring driven. 200 beats/minute.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base = 4", Height = 7", Depth = 1 ¾" Molded Syroco wood face with, ornamental metal pinecone weights and brass chains.
LABEL INFORMATION	No label, original.
DIAL INFORMATION	Molded wood dial with Arabic numerals, 2 ½" chapter ring.
MISC. FEATURES	Bird in cuckoo's nest bobs every 2 seconds. Pendulum swings, false weights and chains.
ACQUIRED FROM	Public auction in New Washington, Ohio.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Not running, case in fair condition.
RESTORATION	April 1993 - Movement cleaned and oiled, cleaned case, set clock to running.
HISTORICAL DATA Lux Clock Co. as it appeared c. 1920	Original price in 1934 "N. Shure Co., Chicago" catalog was $1.95. A 1956 Lux Wholesale Price list indicated that this timepiece was style 312, and listed for $3.75. 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 1930s 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 50s 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 - Volume 3" by Roy Erhardt., 1983, page 180. 2. "Novelty and Animated Pendulette Wall Clocks" by Don and Alice Nichelson, 1977, page 96. 3. NAWCC Bulletin #319, "Lux and Keebler Pendulette Clocks" article by Mel Kaye (NJ), page 155. 4. "Price Guide to Antique Clocks" by Robert & Harriett Swedburg, 1988, pg. 217, picture of similar clock. 5. "Waterbury - A Pictorial History 1674-1974", Pequot Press, 1974.                             6.  "luxclocks.net" - A terrific website with good information to help identify many different Lux Clock models.
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