Once again Electric Time Company has been called upon to provide a complete Tower Clock restoration. Brown University in Providence Rhode Island asked us to restore their iconic Aldrich Field tower clocks for their new Aquatics and Fitness Center. 

 The four 6’ diameter tower clocks had seen better days. Aided by historic photographs, the cast dials were stripped and repainted using their original color scheme. The broken glass panels were recreated and reinstalled. Reproduction hands were manufactured to replace the missing and broken hands. Updated lighting was added to provide a nice even glow in the evening. The four clocks were fitted with Electric Time Company C1-MI tower clock movements and equipped with our 99B-MI automatic clock controller for years of maintenance free use. 

Restored Tower Clock in our Factory

Installed 

Original Tower Clock in Storage and in pieces 

The Intersection of Engineering and Art is the title given to the “latest face of technology” feature on Electric Time Company by Brian Fuller, Editorial Director of EE Times. Brian is on a year-long cross country tour of the United States in a GM Chevy Volt. He is interviewing technology innovators during his tour and recently stopped by the Electric Time Company factory in Medfield Massachusetts.
 
The Drive for Innovation tour, sponsored by Avnet Express and UBM Electronics has stopped at a number of places since beginning in Chicago in July of 2011. Brian was impressed with the aesthetic quality of our engineering and the technology we use in designing and building tower clocks and street clocks.
 
Watch an interview with our company President, Thomas Erb:

Electric Time Company is proud to announce the restoration of the iconic 200 Fifth Avenue Street Clock. The historic gold painted clock has been seen on everything from the opening of the David Letterman Show to decades old photographs of the nearby Flatiron Building.  Sponsored by Tiffany & Co, the restoration process was done with the approval of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The process of restoring the clock to its former beauty took over 8 months to accomplish. This sculptural masterpiece is ready to face its next century providing the time to passersby in Madison Square.

Shopping anyone? 

The recently renovated Tourneau watch store in “the” Palm Beach Florida shopping district has been newly outfitted with our latest style of Tourneau tower clock. These stainless steel beauties bring time-keeping to a whole new height! The clock cases feature brushed and polished stainless steel with a pieced overlay and oversized button-head screws. Each lighted dial has Tourneau’s stylized dial markings. 

Beautiful craftsmanship and clock design from Electric Time Company. 

Bill Nye, a 1977 graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca NY, and world famous scientist and teacher, has presented his alma mater with an Electric Time Company clock featuring a Solar Noon Indicator. The 10’ diameter clock has been over 10 years in the making – a collaborative effort with Electric Time Company, Bill Nye and the students of Cornell University.

Using Bill’s initial design drawings, Electric Time Company created a clock to accommodate solar noon indicator equipment. A large polished tube is connected from the back of the clock dial to the roof of the building. On the end of the tube at the roof are shutters that open to accept light from the sun when it is at its highest point of the day – solar noon. The sun on the face of the clock dial illuminates brightly at solar noon.

Bill Nye’s interest in solar noon and timekeeping stems from his father’s and mother’s love of science and sundials. To see more on this topic and pictures of the clock installation see; Telling Time.

Bill Nye at Electric Time Company Factory in Medfield, Massachusetts

Tower Clock Installation

Tower Clock at Solar Noon

Tower Dedication Ceremony

Hurricane Irene has hit Medfield! If you tried to call or email us and weren’t able to reach anyone – we apologize!  Currently we are running on a generator have limited phone service  and no email or fax.

Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc here in Medfield MA and on the entire east coast of the USA. If you tried to call or email us and weren’t able to reach anyone – we apologize! We have our power, telephone and internet back now and its time for business! 

How cute is this custom  exterior clock?

We all fell in love with this precocious frog – catching a fly on a nearby leaf. The intricate pieces were all cut in-house on our water jet machine.  The lucky recipient of this clock is the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples Florida. Don’t you just love the colors that make up this fun clock? Ten colors were painstakingly matched to the customers specifications for this one-of-a-kind clock. The clock just shipped – we are looking forward to seeing it in the museum. What a fun addition!

One question that is frequently asked – How can our clock be seen at night if we install a non-illuminated clock? These photographs are an excellent example of illuminating an Electric Time Company silhouette style tower clock. The clock tower is washed with light from nearby parking lot fixtures. We have also seen great examples of “wall washing” lights focused from below the clocks.

Day Photograph

Night Photograph

Electric Time Company is so excited for the upcoming release of the Zookeeper movie, starring Kevin James. On July 8, 2011 in the US and world-wide this fall, the Zookeeper will be released and we can’t wait to see it! The movie features our Small Two Dial Howard Replica Post Clock as an important part of the set. We just saw the trailer and WOW – its going to be a blockbuster. Grab some popcorn and meet us at the movies!.

Electric Time Company of Medfield MA USA completed the restoration and installation of the Steinway Street Clock located in the Borough of Queens New York City. The restoration was sponsored  by the  Central Astoria LDC.

The  clock  was originally made  by the Howard Clock Company of  Boston, MA was restored to it’s original design - with a watch bezel and winder.  This clock design is also available new.

Before                                                                                After

The clock tower pictured is Oujda City Hall, located in eastern Morocco in the city of Oujda. With a population of just over one million, Oujda is known for its strategic location – placing an emphasis on trading. Electric Time Company supplied (4) tower clock hand and movement (#4MI Design)  assemblies with a custom carillion. The outer dimension of these monumental clocks is 156” (4 meters). The clocks can be seen at a great distance!

Congratulations to The Architectural Team, architects for the Bourne Mill Apartments in Tiverton Rhode Island. The Bourne Mill Apartments were recently announced as the 2010 winner of the J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation for the Best Historic Rehabilitation Utilizing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. The awards were presented by the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association in conjunction with the National Trust Community Investment Corporation. One of eight historic buildings honored with the awards, the revitilized mill features four 96” diameter, back-lighted Electric Time Company tower clocks as its crown jewel. The apartments were completed in November 2009 and were built to LEED Silver specifications. Special thanks to Nat Rea of Nat Rea Photography www.natrea.com for sharing his photographs of this architectural award winner.

Electric Time Company is making the papers in South Korea! Its all good news as our Large Four Dial Howard Replica Post Clock is the centerpiece of a beautiful new mall in South Korea. The Shinsegae-Chelsea Paju Premium Outlet celebrated its grand opening with a ceremony featuring the Governor of Kyonggi Province, National Congressmen, the CEO of Chelsea and the Chairperson of Shinsegae Group.

An Electric Time Company Street  Clock is prominently  featured on the City of Woburn Web Site.   Well known public sculptor  Bob Shure created a  bronze statue representing a tanner and his family,  which was added to the top of the clock to commemorate Woburn's  industrial history.

How to improve an antique? Have Electric Time Company provide a clock for it! The ultra-hip restaurant and nightclub LAVO in New York City asked ETC to place clock faces in an old rusty antique wrought iron sign frame. After painstakingly restoring the frame and recreating missing parts, two 30” back lighted clocks were added. The frame was carefully painted and highlighted and the clock rings were fitted to the frame. The double sided clock now proudly hangs above the LAVO entrance on 58th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues

2010 marked the 150th anniversary of the Marietta College Phi Beta Kappa - Gamma of Ohio Chapter. Members of the Gamma chapter donated a Large Two Dial Howard Replica Street Clock to the College where it was unveiled during Homecoming Weekend. The clock sits proudly on The Christy Mall and has been very well received by the Marietta Ohio campus. A video was made of the dedication on October 30, 2010.

Crazy winter weather has hit Medfield! If you tried to call or email us and weren’t able to reach anyone – we apologize! Mother Nature has dumped almost 2’ of heavy wet snow on us and our power and telephone have been out for most of the past two days. Anxiously awaiting spring…!

Medfield Street Clock

Water Valley Mississippi was the recipient of an Electric Time Company Large Four Dial Howard Replica Post Clock for the Railroad Park project in January of 2010. The post clock adorns a prime location in a park created by the local garden club. It has a medium bronze finish with hand painted gold highlighting. The post clock is a marriage of historical styling and high tech features – it will automatically correct the time for power outages and Daylight Saving Time changes.

Clocks, clocks and more clocks! As 2010 winds down we thought about all of the clocks manufactured at Electric Time Company this year. One project in particular stood out – The Village at Breckenridge in Colorado.

Designed with the architects at O’Bryan Partnership of Frisco, CO, Electric Time Company manufactured four 11’ diameter canister clocks. The clocks were specially designed to accommodate the front access only requirement. Due to their size, the clocks were driven to Colorado from our factory in Medfield, MA on a dedicated flatbed trailer with a special oversized load escort! The tower clocks were quickly and professionally installed by R.A. Nelson & Associates, the general contractor on the project.

The Village at Breckenridge is located at the base of Breckenridge Mountain. The iconic clock tower was added as part of a major facelift at the resort in 2010.

Electric Time Company of Medfield MA was honored to be selected as the lobby clock manufacturer for the recently opened Waldorf-Astoria in Orlando Florida . Installed in 2010, the four sided clock is a unique feature in the center of the lobby. Built to create its own legacy, the clock sits atop a mahogany column, grounded with a lovely blue velvet banquette. The clock itself features fine finishes, including Satin and Polished Nickel plated finishes and bronze and pearl painted finishes. The top of the column is crowned with a sparkling cut crystal piece, fitting for the grandeur of the lobby. And as a nod to the iconic lobby clock in NYC, the Orlando clock features the same chime melody. Electric Time Company was proud to design and manufacture the clock and chime equipment which will grace the Waldorf-Astoria lobby for many years to come.