Vintage chess Clocks

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I thought I'd start a thread for old analogue chess clocks. I grew up playing OTB tournaments where the ticking of clocks was a constant background noise in the tournament hall, so I feel rather nostalgic about old clocks. I only use digital clocks for play now, but I still love the way old wooden clocks handle.

I'll post some of mine below (mostly German/Dutch/English and Hungarian)...

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Here's an old Posingis clock:

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An old Jerger:

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another German classic - the Alpha:

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another Posingis:

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And this is the oldest Posingis model (pre-war):

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A Hoepplein:

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And here's the predecessor to the famous Garde, when Thiel was nationalized by Communist East Germany and turned into VEB Ruhla:

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An old wooden Rolland:

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A classic BHB, branded as British Chess Magazine (BCM):

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Those are nice Frank.  I really like the old Jerger with the Roman Numerals, the yellow or gold ring and it looks like a red heart just under the XII.

It presents a very nice aesthetic.

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A clock from Hungary:

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Large wooden Sutton Coldfield:

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A Koopman:

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Another Koopman:

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And yet one more Koopman:

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And an original late Garde model, produced in communist East Germany (you can tell the difference to the currently produced Garde clocks from some of the details on the clockface).

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An early garde from the 1960s:

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And here's what I think is a white-labeled Garde. It's marked Elka and came from a Dutch chess club. I suspect Ruhla tried exporting these under the Elka brand to get some hard currency during the Communist era...

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My largest clock, an early Dutch clock with a very interesting provenance - owned by a Dutch GM in the 30s who has a published game against Alekhine, so this clock MAY have been used by Alekhine in that game... :)