OK...here's the two most insane
Nelson clocks ever:

First one is 2276 and it's called the Hemisphere "Floating Mine" wall clock.

Second one is 2275 and it's called the Full Sphere "Floating Mine" wall clock. This model was also available as a Ceiling hanging clock with a clock face on front AND back!!

Gee, they're really bizarre

I never said they were beautiful
but I'm amazed that you have such a violent opinion about 'em, Lloyd. I'd love to have one (bet it looks cooler in person).

Love em
I really like these. Exactly my kind of thing!

*add on, if Vitra reissued these, as well as the Motion Notion, the only ones I'd seriously consider buying from their hyper-inflated (many pejoratives later) catalog.

stephan you never cease t...
stephan you never cease to amaze me
I think that down under sense of humor we just don't get.

once a stalker now a guy with a former genital condition,
Lord help this poor boy!!!!

crystalline structures......
crystalline structures... Stephen????????????????

um...I think that clock actua...
um...I think that clock actually is vintage LRF. That's the back that Howard Miller used for battery driven clocks (which is why Vitra uses it today). You can see the 4 digit code impressed in the back. That, and the all around wear (particularly the patina on the brass arms), point to it most definitely being genuine and vintage.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=190211009...

Just snapped this one up
2408C, heavy metal case with glass in front of the clockface, available in electric or battery (this one's electric)

This was an expensive clock that was designed as a group of clocks for offices. (originally sold for $60.00 electric and $70.00 battery)

Got it as a "buy it now" for $145.00.

I like it.

your on my tail Barry ...
your on my tail Barry
i will not give up cause if i do you will have them all and I will only have 46 I do like that design,

This is the type of Nelson ...
This is the type of Nelson clock that i can afford for 81 bucks on ebay


I actually saw this clock at the Palm Springs show for 300 I liked it but thought it was a little high priced but every thing at that show was, it had the Nelson traditional hands on it ,
I have a feeling that someone removed them and put the Hobby lobby specials on this clock. but I have several sets of the original hands so on they go and it will look great. my plan worked,

Lloyd:
You got the Whirly Bird clock? Wow, that's a hellava chunk of change.

You know, since eBay started that paranoid removal of full bidder names, I can't be sure who's bidding.

My eBay name is barrymn, so it would look like b*****n

If you're going after something you need bad, and you see my bidding on it too, by all means, let me know and I'll back off.

I'll try not to step on your heels too.

Got one of the clocks I won today
and it's really cool. 14 1/2" across and nearly 4" deep. The hands were bent (don't know if they're original, but they are old). I straightened them out and clocks works beautifully.

I'm not going to try to repair the two wood cracks or try to fill in the edge issues.

The center of the clockfase is metal...probably copper or possibily a bronze-like metal.

It had to have been an expensive clock...it looks like 4758.

That sucks....
I hate eBay doing that.

Occasionally I see someone bidding on an item that I know if not what it appears and I have occasionally emailed the bidder out of kindness. They usually appreciate the information, but I can't do that anymore.

Now, for the sake of 'security' it's all individual "buyer beware".

the 4th one
the 4th one

At that late date, Lloyd,
I wouldn't be surprised if you could buy the clock with either type of hands, or possibily Howard Miller used both types of hands.

Who knows? I get the impression that the end of the Nelson/Howard Miller relationship might have been a bit sticky, and perhaps Howard Miller continued to use the Nelson hands and had to stop due to legal issues.

I could be wrong, but I don't get the impression it was a clean break.

Also, Lloyd
considering that 1) they weren't interested in the reissuing series that went to Vitra, and 2) when contact, they know little or nothing about these clocks and didn't keep very good records, makes me think that the ending of the relationship was messy and unpleasant.

On the other hand (no pun intended), if you contact Howard Miller about the traditional Howard Miller clock your grand Aunt Hildy has on her mantelpiece, they can look it up and tell you exactly when it was made and probably can still service it.

Howard Miller is a good company, but when it came to their 20+ year relationship with George Nelson & Associates, they might as well be Exxon or Wal*Mart.....evil and clueless.

Was looking on ebay before...
Was looking on ebay before and stumbled on this, thought you guys might be interested as it seems to have the original packaging and labels

pete
http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Nelson-Howard-Miller-Wheel-Clock2...

Barry
Barry

You must be talking about Patty Miller she is really a very lovely lady and i deal with her all the time.
she is customer service and can get you any of the hands that vitra makes . they are mostly 18.00 US dollars and 5.00 to ship if any one needs her telephone number it is 610 391 9780 ext. 119.
asking her if Vitra was going to make any more clocks
is like asking me , she has no idea

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someone should get with Vitra and see if they can produce some new cool Nelson designs cause the 10 or 11 that they make are just the tip of the ice berg he has so many other fabulous ones out there it makes me wonder how they chose the ones they did, and left so many cool ones behind,

I wonder how difficult it would be
to change a direct plug chronopack like this into a regular corded electric clock. I could add the chord, but what about the back plate?

The electric chords don't bother me
I actually treasure my electric clocks more than my battery ones....call me old fashioned. I'd especially love to get a winding model, but so far, no luck.

Enjoying a vintage electric clock, chord and all is like collecting and playing my original 1920's and 1930's 78's....I could get 'em on CD, but I prefer the originals.

electric chords?
You inadvertently made a "funny".

just a few of the ...
just a few of the clocks that i have gotten recently
gotta keep up with Barry
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having a little trouble tonight

Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle
This rather rare clock just fetched $1313.99 on eBay! Heavens to Betsy

I didn't bid that high for it
it wasn't my 1313.99. I was bidding on it, but was nowhere close to that ending bid!

I don't mind buying a clock that needs repainting, but if I did a paint jobn on a clock, I doubt I would sell it.

In actual fact, those metal disc clocks are quite rare and I like the look. I only wish I knew its Howard Miller catalog number.

It's an incomplete motion-notion clock
This clock is, I believe, actually model# 2274, one of the 5 or 6 Motion-Notion clocks. It came in both black or white. It is missing the cord or string that would have been strung back and forth from the 12 marker pegs.