General Information

Serial #

696

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS; METAL, GLASS, RUBBER, PLASTIC & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PIECES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

53.5 cm

Width

48.7 cm

Height

54.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Horology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Audichron

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Georgia

City

Atlanta

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

BEFORE 1986

Canada

ONE OF SERIES OF 'TALKING CLOCKS' WHICH HAVE PROVIDED A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TIME, 24 HOURS A DAY, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH BY RADIO OR DIRECT TELEPHONE LINE.

Function

PROVIDES VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF EASTERN STANDARD TIME, IN HOURS & MINUTES, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH, 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AT ANY OR ALL TIMES BETWEEN 1964, & WHEN BILINGUAL SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED & 1984 WHEN THIS UNIT WAS REPLACED.

Technical

THE ORIGINAL NRC 'TALKING CLOCKS' WERE MFD. BY ATELIERS BRILLIE FRERES, PARIS & BEGAN SERVICE IN DEC 1954. THE RECORDING WAS MADE AS A SOUND TRACK, ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, & DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS WAS NOT ALWAYS INTELLIGIBLE. AUDICRON'S HIGH QUALITY TALKING CLOCK, THE TRANSFER OF RECORDINGS FROM MAGNETIC TAPE TO MAGNETIC DRUM, & THE UNIT'S INSTALLATION IN A ROOM ADJACENT TO THE TRANSMITTER IMPROVED SERVICE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Announcement Unit: 'Audichron' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON CABINET FRONT/ RED LABEL ON INSIDE OF DOOR READS 'FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/ 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK/ CALL/ 404+455-4888/ The audichron Company/ 3620 Clearview Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30340'/ ROUND LABEL ON RIGHT SIDE OF DRUM READS: 'Audichron/ THE AUDICHRON COMPANY. ATLANTA, GA. - USA/ U.S. PATS. 2862065, 2831927, 2864895. OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ LABEL ON EITHER SIDE OF ABOVE READS '-NOTICE-/ OPENING FOR CLEANING RECORDS AND/ APPLICATION OF SILICON FLUID AT ONE/ MONTH INTERVALS. SEE INSTRUCTION/ MANUAL FOR DETAILS'/ '696' INCISED ON CASING/ Label on top of drum reads ‘ - CAUTION -/ AVOID THE USE OF MAGNETIZED TOOLS - SEE/ INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE TESTING OR ADJUSTING'/ Label on lower front edge of drum reads ‘#17260'/ Plate on motor bears following info.: ‘BODINE/ ELECTRIC/ COMPANY/ [obscured by label]/ TYPE NGY-34/ NO. F0510110/ VOLTS 115 PH.1/ AMP. .9 HZ 60/ HP 1/50/ RPM 1800/ CAP 160 MFD/ DUTY CONT. FF/ INS A/C AMB 40 C'/ Red label on adjacent part reads ‘MEPCO/ ELECTRA/ 145 MFD 165 VAC/ 494 26865/ 8036'/ Other, minor markings, on switches, components, etc.

Missing

UNKNOWN - BELIEVED COMPLETE

Finish

HIGH GLOSS, SLIGHTLY MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL PAINTED FINISH ON CASING/ SILVER COLOURED TRIM, HARDWARE, ETC.

Decoration

N/A