Analog Chess Clock!

I have finally managed to get my hands on those two brilliant mechanical monsters! Piece of history really, every true chess fan should have one of those at home.

I agree!

Like mechanical watches, clocks need servicing from time to time to ensure accuracy and reliability. Running a 35 year old clock without servicing is shortening the life of it.

 If anybody looking for analog clocks, in Saint-Petersburg Russia is a workshop, who make chess sets, boards and analog clocks. Сalled Kadun. Here's couple examples.

For those of us who does not reside in Russia, how do we contact the workshop?

They have a site: www.kadun.ru Unfortunately, I don't found option of switch to english version, but the site says that there is a possibility of delivery worldwide. You can try to write them: KadunChess@gmail.com

I did my best not to allow my GARDE to age, but your looks even better with that experienced tan! What year is it? And what country from at least, my is from GDR

the 'tanned' model w/ the little white stripe was the first Garde model, the lighter wood model came later. IIRC, the switch occured in the mid sixties, which puts the older model somewhere between 58 (when UMF Ruhla switched from manufacturing the Thiel clocks to Garde) to 65. AFAIC, both Garde models are superior to the later models produced after German unification.

I did my best not to allow my GARDE to age, but your looks even better with that experienced tan! What year is it? And what country from at least, my is from GDR 

I bought it recently from a site similar to ebay in Sweden. I don´t know the age but there was some chess scorebooks inside the box from 1974. 

It is brilliant and old GARDE clocks are piece of art. INSA is good but pressing the button on GARDE clock is so damn satisfying!

I purchased  Soviet-made Yantar (Jantar) from eBay some months ago, purely for decoration. Actually I was surprised that the clock was a very good (nearly mint) condition for its age. First I was looking Garde/Ruhla or Serbian made Insa clock, but something about this nostalgic clock made in 1965 spoke to me. Wonderful piece of chess history!

All one has to do is use google chrome and click on that link and p on the top right a box will open asking you if you want it translated into English or whatever the language you chose to begin with for chrome. Works just fine. 

With all the Russian sets people buy on here I am sure this site has been ordered from before to ship abroad.  

I can assist with the correspondence with this workshop. Also time to time I visit Saint-Petersburg (my hometown) and could make live photos or something etc.

Speaking of Jaeger, here is mine.  I purchased in 1976.  It is my oldest possession.   I recently purchased a new digital clock to play modern time controls.

Any opinion on the Hetman mechanical clock from Poland?

I don't know, man. I had a analog chess clock. I think I gave it away. It was pretty low quality. Just felt cheap. Made out of bamboo wood or whatever. And the tiny little dials you punch. Sometimes I would discover the time had stopped on its own just because.