509.    $250

Electric Ad Clock Co. “Revolving Glow Ad Clock”, 1932-???  The design was patented in 1932 and these clocks were used at least through the 1960’s.  EACC was in Chicago, but a firm out of New York also sold these clocks. It is 22 inches high, 14 inches wide, and 10 inches deep.  There are six advertisements on the rotating drum at the bottom, rotating every 10 seconds.  These ads appear to be from magazines from the 1960’s, but you could replace them with any ads that fit, I suppose.  The dial is 10 inches in diameter with some loss of paint around the mainstem.  It is running and keeping time, but rather noisy as the drum rotates.  Plus, it’s neon, and there is some hum.  I don’t think the noise mattered where they were displayed (taverns, etc.), and if you like this clock it probably won’t matter to you either.  There are the remains of an instruction label on the back, and a metal tag that is found on some of these clocks is missing, but it would tell you that there is a Telechron electric motor inside the clock made by the EACC.  The front of the clock is wood, there is glass over the dial but no cover over the ads (never is), and the case of the clock is painted metal.  The electric cord is good; I did not open the case to inspect, you can do that if you are the winning bidder.  I don’t think you can have more fun than this with a clock. $250-$350.