Clock making kit
Codeg
Category
Horology
Date
circa 1960
Materials
Metal, cardboard and wood
Measurements
Box –215 mm (width); 205 mm (depth), Clock –145 mm (width), Clock Face- 200 mm (height)
Place of origin
USSR
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663935
Summary
The Young clockmaker construction toy made in the USSR consisting of an oblong painted metal face, attached to a square wooden box containing the mechanism. In the top half rides a Cossack in a green jacket and red boots riding a grey horse flying through blue starlit background. A yellow clock face with black numerals and hands and an inner red ring. A brown weight, a metal pendulum with brown disc at lower half, a metal spanner, two gold coloured metal ring and two pieces of metal chain. An instruction book entitled The Young Clockmaker and all contained in a cardboard box. Total number of items is 11.
Marks and inscriptions
Face of clock: MADE IN USSR
Makers and roles
Codeg , maker