How old is your wall clock?

@sol_cee (38219)
Philippines
January 20, 2023 5:25pm CST
I was looking at my wall clock in the living room and thought about the time I bought it six years ago. It was more than the price of ordinary wall clocks but not that expensive compared to the pricey ones. Considering I have been using it longer than I expected, I think I made a good deal. Then as if a spirit summoned me or something, I got a stool and reached for it, thinking to wipe it clean or check its batteries. And the inevitable happened. I.dropped.it. I know! I’m clumsy like hell. I immediately checked if it’s broken and what a relief, it’s still okay. I hugged it and whispered my apologies. How many wall clocks do you have at home?
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
21 Jan 23
There are currently four wall clocks in my house. I bought them all five years ago when we moved into this house. The clocks in our previous house all sat on shelves in each room but this house doesn't have shelves... And I'm not allowed to put holes in the walls according to the rental agreement. The four wall clocks are all hung on studs the landlord already installed in the walls for that purpose.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Wow, they’re all still working? Good buy! A lot of cheap wall clocks are sold here but you can only use them for a short time frame. So it’s ‘normal’ to see wall clocks in some people’s homes that aren’t working
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee Yeah, I just install a new battery once a year and they tick rather loudly along. Oh, wow! These were guaranteed by the manufacturer for one year after purchase. I would have gotten angry and written to the manufacturer if they had problems, even now. Simple things should continue to work even in old age. Before we moved here, I had a wall clock that also told the temperature in the house and outside. (The temperature outside was measured by a small box outside that sent the information wirelessly to the clock in the house.) When it stopped working, I went to write a letter to the manufacturer and they sent one back to me stating that I had purchased a first generation wireless clock 15 years ago[ em]whistle[/em] and they were happy to know it had worked 14 years past it's guaranteed time...
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@DaddyEvil seriously? What’s that clock brand? I love stuff that lasts looong.
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@allknowing (135862)
• India
21 Jan 23
Could be around ten. I acquired one more that is a birds chirping clock. It has stopped chirping now.
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@allknowing (135862)
• India
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee It is supposed to chirp by the hour with different birds.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@allknowing that’s cute! Is it broken? I hope it would start chirping again
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
When does it chirp?
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@sallypup (60933)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Jan 23
My main bonging wall clock must be at least 20 years old. The one in my downstairs closet is bigger but needs to be fixed. That's why its in the closet- it needs to be fixed. It's a wooden wall clock, too. I have three other clocks but they are not doing anything right now. I like wooden wall clocks that have glass- faces and chime or bong at certain times.
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@sallypup (60933)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee I don't remember the year. I just remember my daughter had visited us at the time. She carried it home for me from the store cause it was big and heavy.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@sallypup it was a present! Receiving clocks as gift for us is said to be lucky
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
You know when you said 20 years old I immediately thought 1980s.
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@JudyEv (339355)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jan 23
We don't have any at all in our new house. We have watches and the time is on the microwave in the kitchen so we haven't really missed having a wall clock. There is a nice one in our house-sit. I might write about it.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Ohhh I’d love to read that! Is it antique?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@JudyEv what’s olde-worlde?
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@JudyEv (339355)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee It's olde-worlde but I don't think it is antique.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jan 23
I have one wall clock in my living room. My brother gave it to me about three years ago .Mine is about like yours except it has a glass cover.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
I like Roman numerals but many kids now can’t read Roman numbers now
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee I can only read them on a clock. I used to know them all, but over time I've forgotten.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@RubyHawk how about the symbols L and D and M? Do you still remember them?
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@MrDenata (12242)
• Indonesia
22 Jan 23
S, talking about wall clocks, i just realize i dont have it in my wall, OMG LOL
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
It’s TIME you buy one
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@MrDenata and your phone has a calculator too
@MrDenata (12242)
• Indonesia
22 Jan 23
@sol_cee dont need to, i have my phone LOL
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@snowy22315 (180336)
• United States
21 Jan 23
I have a couple but I use neither of them, They are just basically for decoration, I might bring one out here though if it still works.
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@snowy22315 (180336)
• United States
22 Jan 23
@sol_cee No, I meant bring it out o another room.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@snowy22315 oh okayy
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Bring here? You mean show us a photo?
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@May2k8 (18346)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 23
Only one and that's younger than me, now I see the time only on the phone clock.
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@May2k8 (18346)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee Yes, after changing the battery it is working again.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Younger than you but it’s still working like new?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@May2k8 that’s a great buy! What brand is it?
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@much2say (55498)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jan 23
We only have 1 wall clock - and that's in the kitchen above a doorway to the laundry room. Most of the time no one even looks at it (they have their phones or just look on the stove clock or computers). I think I got it about 10 years ago when we moved here. If you broke your clock, you'd find out if time heals all wounds .
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@much2say (55498)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee I actually believe it . . . I think that's very common now - sadly. I taught my kids early on because I heard that was happening in schools . . . kids can't tell time anymore or at least they only look at digital time now.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
@much2say why did schools change their teaching style?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Lol aren’t you cheeky today. But can you imagine how frustrated I was to know that my kids couldn’t tell the time using my wall clock?! I had to teach them from scratch
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 23
I have two wall clocks, one in the kitchen and another one in the main bathroom. We bought them both when we bought this house 24 years ago. My Mom had some very old clocks in her apartment. Suddenly I am sorry I did not take at least one home. This one in the photo was very old.
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@LadyDuck (471253)
• Switzerland
22 Jan 23
@sol_cee Mom bought that clock, it was a gift for my father and that one is not "old", but surely "ancient". I left everything to my brother and my niece. it is such a problem to bring things across a Custom.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@LadyDuck I hope they’re taking good care of her stuff?
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
That’s so pretty Anna. I can say it has your personality. And I’m sorry you couldn’t take any old clocks from your mom’s apartment. Who got them?
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@cacay1 (83394)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 Jan 23
hug me hug you said wall clock
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
But my wall clock didn’t hug me back
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@cacay1 the creepy cat? Lolll
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@cacay1 (83394)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
22 Jan 23
@sol_cee replace it with Tom the talker
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
22 Jan 23
It’s a beauty! I’m so glad you didn’t ruin it. I only have one wall clock in my basement, but was informed this morning about a new one that my son had made for me. It arrived today!
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
Your son made you a clock? Oh wowww
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
26 Jan 23
@sol_cee Now I have two wall clocks. My son didn’t make it himself.
@thelme55 (76851)
• Germany
21 Jan 23
I have 2 wall clocks. One in the kitchen made of porcelain and the one in the living room is a crystal wall clock. They are very old as I bought them in the 80s.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Don’t worry I won’t touch them. I’d be afraid to touch porcelain or crystal wall clocks
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
25 Jan 23
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@thelme55 (76851)
• Germany
25 Jan 23
@sol_cee I am not worrying.. They are hanging high on the walls. You have to climb to touch them.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 23
Only one in the kitchen. Not but a few years old.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
I find it strange to read that myLotters have a clock in the kitchen. In here, we usually have wall clocks in the living room.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
@CarolDM lol it makes sense though. When I’m cooking I use a timer when I can just look at the clock if I have one in the kitchen
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jan 23
@sol_cee There are digital clocks around the television and DVD player in the living room too. But yes the kitchen clock seems popular. Even though I also have a digital clock on the stove and microwave. Three clocks in the kitchen. Kind of silly.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
22 Jan 23
I have two wall clocks at home. One is 15 years old and is still working fine whereas one is 7 years old and was won by me in a contest.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
Oh what contest was that?
@RebeccasFarm (89832)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Jan 23
Yes I have one that is my Mothers RIP It is very old. And I love it. It is ticking in this short video.
This is a clock of my Mother's RIP. I have it in my kitchen and in the quiet early morns, you can fall in love with the ticking sound. The old clock is not a...
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• Arvada, Colorado
25 Jan 23
@sol_cee It fell off the wall and is chipped
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
That’s so sweet of you to show us your mom’s clock.
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@LeaPea2417 (37349)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Jan 23
Mine is around 25 years old.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
Oh wow! That’s gold!
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@aninditasen (16377)
• Raurkela, India
21 Jan 23
I have one wall clock in the sitting room which is ten years old.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
That’s impressive it’s still working like new after a decade
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@aninditasen (16377)
• Raurkela, India
23 Jan 23
@sol_cee Yes, it is.
@Kandae11 (54986)
22 Jan 23
I have one wall clock which was given to me as a Christmas gift in 2010. The owner of a small supermarket near my home gave it to me since l shopped there pretty often.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
22 Jan 23
That’s so nice of the owner. Do you still shop there?
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@Kandae11 (54986)
22 Jan 23
@sol_cee. No, l left the city in 2015 and now live in a rural area.
@yesiisey (267)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 23
oh it's a pity to have to fall in my house there are only 2 wall clocks that are still active, the others are not active
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
21 Jan 23
I know! I’m the clumsiest!