Expert: Michael Radi - 2/27/2010

Question
Hi Mike,
   I'm doing some work in a 1950s style ice cream store that just opened. The owner has an artist that's decorating the walls with artwork depicting things from the 50s. One of the things she has painted on the wall is a picture of a 78 rpm record about 8 feet in diameter. Around the "groove" part of the record she has painted "rock around the clock". The label area is about 3.5 feet in diameter and she has painted 3/6/9/12 as on a clock face. I would like to mount a clock movement behind the drywall and have hands long enough to make the label area into a real clock. Do you know where I could get a movement and hands long enough to work. I don't care if it's a quartz or electric movement. Thanks.
Tom

Answer
We have battery movements and hands that are available in sizes of 12", 14" , 17-1/2" and  17-3/4". This is the length of the minute hand from the mounting hole to the tip. So a 12" hand will turn in a 24" circle. 3-1/2" in diameter. A 17-3/4" hand (longest available) will turn just inside a 3' circle. These sets are about $27.00 each.
If you need longer hands you would have to use our Glo Dial movement. It can push hands up to 22" long. You can see our battery sets at: http://www.norkro.com/store/index.php?main_page=index%26cPath=82_148
The electric glo dial movement is at this page: http://www.norkro.com/webpages/glodial.htm
Michael
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