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An unusual English synchronous-electric wall timepiece, 1938

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An unusual English synchronous-electric wall timepiece, 1938
The glazed dial with hands and five minute markers in the form of umbrellas, inscribed PEACE IN OUR TIME and signed SMITH ELECTRIC -- 18½ in. (47 cm.) diameter
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This clock is believed to be a prototype. The dial commemorates Neville Chamberlain's famous 'peace in our time' speech, made upon his return from Munich in 1938, and the umbrellas refer to Chamberlain. Needless to say, the clock did not go into production.