I've added recent research findings and more Go along with the display of Westclox clocks and watches at the NAWCC The 'Westclox Big Ben and Baby Ben Identification Guide' to In 1984, my friend Richard Tjarks and I published Big Ben and Baby Ben Alarm Clock ID Guide Ellworth Danz designed the Style 7, 8 and 9Īnd the Clock of Tomorrow cases. The style 4 is a modification of styleģ and may also have been designed by Dreyfuss.

Henry Dreyfuss designed the style 3, 5 and 6 cases. August Schierholtz designed the styleĢ case, and Max Schlenker designed the base. George Kern designed the style 1 Big Ben movement and case. Pay attention to the shape of the case and not the color (your clock might have a different case or dial color) To identify a Big Ben or Baby Ben alarm clock, find out which of the case styles it matches. Big Ben and Baby Ben Style 1 through Style 10 We have written a ' Westclox Big Ben and Baby Ben Identification Guide' that goes into detail about their history and identification. They are included in the detail pages of their styles. Reproductions of some of the earlier Big Ben styles are now being made inĬhina. These reproductions may be identified by being battery operated Since then, the name 'Big Ben' hasīeen used on several reproduction models of clocks that were not called Bigīen in the past. In 2001, General Time (owner of Westclox) declared bankruptcy and sold the Style 1, Dura Case (LaSalle series), Clock of Tomorrow, and the Seth Thomas Also shown below are some relatives of the Bens: Bingo The style 10 isĬase styles that have names instead of numbers are illustrated after Style 9 were made in the United States, Canada, Great Britain or Scotland. Most of the styles 1 - 10 are windup clocks, but some electric clocks were made in styles 5, 7, and 8.

Pay attention to the shape of the case and not the color (your clock might have a different case or dial color). To identify a Big Ben or Baby Ben, find out which case style it matches. The pictures below show the 10 'mainstream' case styles ofīig and Baby Bens and when they were made.

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