NEW IN BOX--
- 14"x 3" SOLID CAST AND POLISHED ALUMINUM AND BRASS
- FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1904 FOR AIRCRAFT USE, THE RADIAL ENGINE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE MEANS OF POWER FOR AIRCRAFT FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR THROUGH THE 2ND, AND IS STILL IN USE AROUND THE WORLD TODAY.
- AN ARRAY OF AIR-COOLED CYLINDERS ALWAYS AN ODD NUMBER FROM AS FEW AS THREE UP TO AS MANY AS NINE - OPERATED THE CRANKSHAFT THAT TURNED THE PROPELLER.
- CHARLES LINDBERGH USED A RADIAL ENGINE IN THE SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS FOR HIS HISTORIC FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS IN 1927.
- BECAUSE THEIR POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO WAS BETTER THAN MOST INLINE ENGINES,RADIAL ENGINES BECAME POPULAR NOT ONLY FOR AIRCRAFT BUT ALSO FOR VEHICLES SUCH AS TANKS, AND LATER, HELICOPTERS.
- OUR POWERPLANT ENGINE CLOCK IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TYPE OF RADIAL ENGINE FOUND IN US AIRCRAFT FROM THE 1920'S THROUGH THE 1940'S
THIS CLOCK WAS MADE BY THE PENDULUX CLOCK COMPANY FOUNDED IN 2014.
THE PENDULUX COMPANY BRINGS THEIR LOVE OF THINGS HISTORIC, FUNCTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL TO ALL OF THEIR DESIGNS
THEIR PIECES ARE DECIDEDLY MASCULINE AND BORNE OF INDUSTRIAL, NAUTICAL AND MILITARISTIC INFLUENCE
THEY DEFINITELY REFLECT THE COMPANY'S ADMIRATION OF THE PRODUCTS AND STYLES OF AGES PAST
VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY LOOKING WALL CLOCK WITH A VERY DRAMATIC SHAPE
DIAL IS BLACK IN COLOR AND IS 2.5" IN DIAMETER,
OFF WHITE ARABIC NUMBERS- 12, 3, 6 AND 9
OFF WHITE HANDS PROVIDE SHARP CONTRAST TO THE BLACK DIAL
HIGH QUALITY CLOCK MOVEMENT REQUIRES ONE "AA" BATTERY NOT INCLUDED
A VERY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY CLOCK FOR THE VINTAGE ENTHUSIAST
GREAT FOR A "MAN CAVE" OR FAMILY ROOM
AN ATTRACTIVE HOUSE WARMING GIFT .
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