Comments on: Rolling Eye Clocks -- crazy German 1920s novelty timepieces http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html#comment-546333 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-546333 I too have the terrier and a black cat which have the green felt with a gold and red circle underneath them with a letter that looks like an S ,I don't think its a sticker.I would like to know the value $$$...........I do know they were made in the Freiburg area of the Black Forest and they were first patented in 1926 ,Germany. Original J. Oswald Company. I too have the terrier and a black cat which have the green felt with a gold and red circle underneath them with a letter that looks like an S ,I don’t think its a sticker.I would like to know the value $$$………..I do know they were made in the Freiburg area of the Black Forest and they were first patented in 1926 ,Germany. Original J. Oswald Company.

]]> By: eddierocks2005 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html#comment-451876 eddierocks2005 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-451876 i have a wooden terrior like this one ears are down and it has green felt and a gold sicker on its base does n e 1 know anything bout this i have a wooden terrior like this one ears are down and it has green felt and a gold sicker on its base does n e 1 know anything bout this

]]> By: Charlie http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html#comment-14410 Charlie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14410 I actually posted short article about these a few weeks ago: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/16/monkey-tells-time-by-rolling-eyes/ I actually posted short article about these a few weeks ago:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/08/16/monkey-tells-time-by-rolling-eyes/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html#comment-14201 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14201 It's kind of spooky how much this looks like President Bush. It’s kind of spooky how much this looks like President Bush.

]]> By: joejoejoe http://boingboing.net/2007/09/13/rolling-eye-clocks-c.html#comment-14244 joejoejoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14244 My family has one of these clocks. My grandfather bought one as a gift in the early 1940s while working in Bermuda as a aircraft mechanic for Pan Am. The model we have is a variation of the Genie, call it the Swami. I used to get yelled at as a kid for playing with the clock and winding it - not because it was valuable but the 'tick,tick,tick' is very loud. The Swami model is stained wood, not painted, and has a turban similar to the Genie but with a different carved face and outfit. The outstretched palms hold a matching wooden coaster that my Mom thinks is original. My family has one of these clocks.

My grandfather bought one as a gift in the early 1940s while working in Bermuda as a aircraft mechanic for Pan Am. The model we have is a variation of the Genie, call it the Swami. I used to get yelled at as a kid for playing with the clock and winding it – not because it was valuable but the ‘tick,tick,tick’ is very loud.

The Swami model is stained wood, not painted, and has a turban similar to the Genie but with a different carved face and outfit. The outstretched palms hold a matching wooden coaster that my Mom thinks is original.

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