History of Westclox Synchronous Electric Clocks part 3

Name "Western Clock Company" modified to "Westclox"

Motor sort M1 introduced - Westclox own style of self-starting synchronous motor. Clocks using this motor included Bachelor (1938 - 1947), Manor (1938 - 1947), Big Ben vogue five Chime Alarm (1938 - 1941), Pittsfield (intro. 1939). Note: Bachelor, Manor, and Pittsfield used sort M2 motor beginning ca. 1940.

Smaller version of Westclox self-start synchronous motor introduced - varieties M2 and M3. a number of the models that used these motors are: Baby Ben vogue five electrical (intro. 1940), Big Ben vogue five electrical (not Chime Alarm) (intro. 1941), Dunbar (1946 - 1952), Logan (intro. 1946), Big Ben electrical in rectangular brown Bakelite case (1947 - 1952), Oracle (intro. 1947), Moonbeam - flashing light-weight grandfather clock (intro. 1949), and Switch Clock appliance timer (intro. 1949).

Motor sort M4 introduced. employed in Belfast (intro. 1948), Barry (intro. 1948), Bantam (intro. 1949), Greenwich (1950 - 1954), Melody (intro. 1950), Glo-Larm (intro. 1953), Ardmore, Orb, Big Ben and Baby Ben vogue seven electrical (intro. 1956), and lots of alternative models.

Motor with sealed rotor (detachable from field coil) introduced (M5).

History of Westclox Synchronous Electric Clocks part 2

First A/C powered clocks placed on market. These clocks used the S1 self-starting synchronous motor, purchased from Sangamo. the primary of those clocks were big Ben models: Model 820, black composition (Bakelite) case, $8.75, Model 830, same however with luminous dial, $10.00, each made of 1931 - 1934; and model 840, mahogany case, $12.50 retail (by 1935 the value had been reduced to $5.95), made of 1931 - 1935. alternative clocks that used the Sangamo motor embody Ben Franklin (1935 - 1939), Greenwich (1936 - 1939) and Silent Knight (1936 - 1940).

Westclox designed manual begin synchronous motor, S2, introduced. Entire movement except coil manufactured within the LaSalle plant. This manual begin motor was created for several years. Production apparently ceased throughout World War II, and never resumed. Clocks using this motor embrace electrical Wall Clock - rectangular case with rounded corners (1932 - 1939), America electrical (1932 - 1936), Ben Bolt (1933 - 1939), Country Club (1935 - 1942), electrical Wall Clock - spherical case (1936 - 1939), Andover (1938 - 1942), Orb (1938 - 1940), and Belfast (1939 - 1942).