Making Time For St. Joseph Dermatology’s New Location Contractor Bob called and said he was looking for a Big Clock for a building he was constructing. Wonderful, he came to the right place for a Big Clock. Trouble was, it was to be a clock in a
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As with all mechanical things, eventually the gears of a clock are inevitably brought to a halt by the sands of time. This presents the clock’s caretaker with a choice: fix the existing mechanisms or replace them? Each option comes with its own set of challenges. Repairing
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Six stainless steel wall clocks with MOBALINE timecode A Madison Avenue NYC trading company features a world time display, with a set of 6 clocks by Lumichron. Using MOBATIME self-setting clock movements and a MOBALINE timecode, each clock is exactly synchronized for the local time of six
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Testimonial: The Whole Enchilada Sometimes it takes more than two (or three) hands to make a clock! Thank you to all the folks at the Watervliet Downtown Development Authority, the Coloma Watervliet Area Chamber of Commerce, the North Berrien Community Development, and the Michigan Realtors Association for
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Andrew Jackson School, New Orleans The clock on the historic Andrew Jackson School is another antique clock renovation LUMICHRON recently completed. Now home to the International School of Louisiana, it is located in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana, near Coliseum Square and
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Lancaster Hall at Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia In Late October, 2016, LUMICHRON was awarded the contract for the replacement/refurbishment of the four 54″ diameter historic clocks at Lancaster Hall, Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia. New Clockworks and more . . . You may recall Lancaster Hall at Longwood
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Lumichron restored the Fire Station Clock at the Historic Old #1 Fire Hall in Regina, SK, Canada
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Vernon H. Koehler Memorial Clock at Concordia University The Founders Plaza clock is up, and clocks are ticking today at Concordia University! The sun came out in time for the photo, what a gorgeous fall day. Students will now be able to see, at a glance North,
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41 degrees and raining LUMICHRON is on the jobsite today, and despite the 41 degrees and rain, it’s a beautiful day! The Concordia Bulldogs are the proud new owner of a custom-designed post clock being installed at 800 North Columbia Avenue in Seward, Nebraska. The 16-foot high post clock
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The Class of 2016 gifts a Clock to the John Thomas Dye School The new athletic fields at the John Thomas Dye School in Los Angeles will soon include a new double-faced bracket clock. The Class of 2016 donated this clock, featuring the motto “Look to This
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Set of 84-inch dia. Tower Clocks Top the Center for Collaborative Research Building at Nova Southeastern University The brand-new (July 2016) Center for Collaborative Research at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, features a set of 4 LUMICHRON tower clocks, each 7-feet in diameter. The clocks are
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UFB Fab completes bright and shiny new sign and clock for Troy Family Dentistry This is so FAB! Take a look at big, bright, and beautiful new custom sign and clock made by UFB FAB (Fabrication) in St. Louis, MO, with a little help from LUMICHRON Clock
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Choose a clock to pay tribute A post clock, tower clock, or impressive outdoor wall clock can be a memorable memorial to a founder, donor, or loved one. A custom dial can feature a name or group, a cast bronze plaque is also a nice addition to
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Tower Clock for California City of Emeryville Fire Station Adds Finishing Touch to Improvements In addition to improvements including a new exercise room, expanded ergonomic kitchen, energy-saving roof replacement and rooftop solar panels, and ADA code upgrades, the firehouse received a brand-new custom-made exterior tower clock. The clock
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LUMICHRON Clock Company Tower Clocks on a new landmark in Washington DC LUMICHRON Clock Company built and installed a set of two 11-foot tall outdoor tower clocks at the brand new LEED-certified New Student Center at the University of District of Columbia. The center was deisgned by Marshall Moya
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Just in time to keep students on schedule for upcoming finals, the tower clocks installed by LUMICHRON at UDC Campus on Connecticut Avenue are ticking! University of District of Columbia New Student Center “The New Student Center project at University of District of Columbia’s Van Ness Campus
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Wisconsin Courthouse tower clock restorated Running like . . . Clockwork Visitors to the Oconto County Courthouse can again trust the century-old tower clock, thanks to a recently completed restoration project by LUMICHRON. Although the Oconto County Courthouse clock still might look like an antique, with its
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A mission to bring time to passengers Ian Macartney is a man with a mission. Macartney is founder and owner of LUMICHRON Clock Company, maker of clocks for Universities, Town Centers, Hospitals, and Commercial Buildings. Now LUMICHRON Clock Company wants to restore the notion of public time
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Just in Time for the Holidays! LUMICHRON just completed a special project: we crafted a street clock (also known as a post clock) to replicate a pocket watch at the request of our customer in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The picture-perfect all-American town (voted #one of the top
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Mariano’s Fresh Market, Chicago: New City location on Clyburn Each of the three 48-inch diameter clocks display a unique time Pictured is our installation of set of three skeletal clocks at a Mariano’s grocery store in New City, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. These 48″ diameter clocks each display a
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LUMICHRON Clock Company makes tower clocks in the USA – for customers here and around the world. We had the good fortune to be included in this stunning project in Sacramento, California. LUMICHRON’s illuminated Roman-style big outdoor clocks complement the historic Spanish Colonial / Mission Revival architecture, which
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Emeryville, CA Fire Station LUMICHRON clock is a timely feature in the fire station renovation. The City of Emeryville California and PMC-Discovery Builders has completed renovations at the fire station on Powell Street in Alameda County. A LUMICHRON skeletal building clock on the tower keeps accurate time
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Vernon J. Ehlers Amtrak Station Grand Rapids, Michigan The new Vernon J. Ehlers Amtrak Station ceremoniously replaced its Wealthy Street predecessor early Monday, connecting Grand Rapids to Chicago. Ehlers, the former West Michigan congressman whose name appears on the hub’s façade, could not attend though his statesman-like
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LUMICHRON installs 4 new monument tower clocks at Washington, D.C., Landmark LUMICHRON built and installed the tower clocks for this historic federal building located at 14th Street and Independence Avenue in Washington, DC. The set of four new clocks in the tower are part of a complete renovation. Known as
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Tower Clocks at The Orion, St. Louis The Orion on Euclid: A premier Central West End (St. Louis) Apartment Community This project was ready for move-in late December, 2015, and is owned by Mills Properties and was built by S.M. Wilson. LUMICHRON was fortunate to be chosen
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Ft. Worth BMW dealership Tower Clock A custom-built 72-inch diameter illuminated marker-style, or skeletal , exterior clock by Lumichron highlights the 43-foot-tall tower on the Autobahn Motor Group BMW dealership in Ft. Worth, TX. The custom clock tower glows at night with LED halo lighting on the
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Tam Alumni philanthropy key to clock tower restoration at Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, California Memorial Tower Clocks Restored at Tamalpais High Ian Macartney and the crew from LUMICHRON Clock Company had the honor to replace the custom clocks at Tam High in Marin County. Tam’s Class
Read more →LUMICHRON® Clock Company has re-created two London Railway Station Clocks for a customer in Verona, Wisconsin. Waterloo and King’s Cross The King’s Cross Station and Waterloo Stations, along with Oxford College and Hogwart’s, provided the inspiration for the new facility. The custom clocks add the finishing touch . .
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Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 2, 2014 (for most of the United States). If your clock has an automatic controller, it will reset the time automatically. Otherwise, turn your clocks back an hour!
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“A spectacular bell tower clock that encapsulates the room and leaves you breathless.” “A Gem in Hollywood”, written by Dean McCarthy and published in the recent anniversary issue of Beverly Hills Living Magazine, features the home of Hollywood Hills realtor royalty, Jason Oppenheim. Mr. Oppenheim approached LUMICHRON
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The four LUMICHRON tower clocks feature GPS-controlled time and an electronic bell system. Our customer, Compass Commercial Services headed in the right direction with a set of four outdoor tower clocks at the development The Fountains clock towers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “From a blank slate a little
Read more →Custom Post Clock at Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch, Idaho Just south of Spokane and Coeur D’Alene, and surrounded by nearby mountains and forests, lies a pretty little spot that was once the site of the worlds’ largest sawmill. This is Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch, Idaho
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Oconto County Courthouse Tower Clock and Bell Tower Update! Project now competed! read more here: BELL TOWER AND TOWER CLOCK RESTORATION We want to let you know what’s going on this week in Oconto County, Wisconsin. LUMICHRON Clock Company is working on the Oconto County Courthouse Clock Restoration
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Darcie Moran | dmoran@mlive.com By Darcie Moran | dmoran@mlive.com Follow on Twitter on June 20, 2014 at 3:00 PM, updated June 20, 2014 at 3:03 PM LUMICHRON Clock Company owner Ian Macartney poses with the tower clock and Swiss railway clock he will display at the American Institute of Architects
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The Grand Rapids clock company’s Swiss partner is famous for design and technology. Lumichron builds and restores public clocks, and is a U.S. distributor of MobaTime Swiss-made clock systems, including analog and digital displays with time-code delivery by means of impulse, LAN/WAN or wireless. MobaTime is a
Read more →Does Daylight Saving Time do more harm than good? A panel of experts (including economists and a sleep-disorder expert) discuss the issue in the New York Times. The United States and several other countries have changed time an hour ahead in the spring and an hour back in the
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Listening to Marketplace (APM radio) on my way home from work yesterday, I was really intrigued by the story about the lack of wayfinding at the LAX airport. It made me wonder why there is such a lack of clocks in American airports. The writer Alex Schmidt
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Restored Seth Thomas clock returns to Eastown’s landmark Kingsley Building Garret Ellison | gellison@mlive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A forgotten beacon has been unstuck in time. The antique Seth Thomas clock hands atop the landmark Kingsley Building are turning again, greeting drivers approaching Eastown on Lake Drive
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Christian Marclay’s buzzworthy film“The Clock” If you have not heard of this spectacular film, “The Clock” is a 24-hour collage that unfolds in real time; it’s thousands of moments of film and TV history chronicling the passage of every minute. You get 60-clips-a-minute of car chases, robberies,
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. . . and keeps on ticking! LUMICHRON Clocks are Carefully Built to Weather the Storm! People ask how well our clock hands and dials hold-up in weather extremes – very well actually! Our customer on Long Island, Consumers Kitchen & Bath, suffered no damage whatsoever to their 5-foot
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LUMICHRON Clock Company recently installed a set of 4 48″flush-mounted clocks for the Georgetown municipal center on Grand Cayman Island. Talk about a beautiful location to spend a week working! The project involved removing the old clocks with acrylic lenses which did not hold up well. LUMICHRON
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A Glowing Lumichron Clock at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Someday, beyond the pandemic, we will all be able to safely travel again. If your departure or destination takes you to Seattle, check out the big Lumichron clock at Hudson Booksellers at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport. It’s
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Surface-Mount Exterior Clock with a laser-cut dial overlay This 36” diameter clock with a custom clock dial is the perfect addition to a country club, or recreation department. This clock is made of aluminum and features a laser cut, three-dimensional Roman Dial with bold Roman Spade hands. The
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Swiss design exhibition features iconic Swiss Railway Clock made by Moser-Baer of Switzerland The exhibit “Swiss Style Reboot” at Boston’s Northeastern University answers the question “what is Swiss Style and why is it useful for today’s information designers?” Beginning on June 1st, 2014, the exhibit presents the graphic
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A Lumichron clock accents the kitchen, where vintage T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings chairs and a custom-made table in the style of Gio Ponti are arranged beneath a chandelier by Jonathan Browning Studios. Theater producer Daryl Roth commissioned architect Thierry Despont to renovate her beach retreat on Long Island’s
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