Original Item: Only One Available. Now this is a lovely memento from a member of the US Military’s “original” Air Force, the United States Army Air Service. This piece of propeller that was cut is known as the “hub”. This hub has an 8-bolt pattern which is generally a really early wooden propeller and is a lot longer than a modern one; eight feet, maybe longer. They usually have eight bolt holes and made of a darker wood while the later ones are six bolt pattern. While we do not have the full length of the propeller, due to the size of the hub (7 ½” x 11” we do believe this to have been at least 8 feet in total length, making this the correct early war time pattern.

The center of the hub has a very lovely timepiece (clock) which was manufactured by the Warren Telechron Company. We were able to remove the back to view the clock and it appears to be dated July of 1925 due to it being the last Patent date present on the data label. Telechron is the name of a U.S. company that manufactured electric clocks between 1912 and 1992. "Telechron" is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning "far off," and chronos, "time," thus referring to the transmission of time over long distances. Founded by Henry Ellis Warren, Telechron introduced the synchronous electric clock, which keeps time by the oscillations of the alternating current electricity that powers it from the electric power grid. Telechron had its heyday between 1925 and 1955, when it sold millions of electric clocks to American consumers.

The clock no longer has a glass/crystal face cover but is still a functioning example! While the electrical cord is a little “dated”, it is still functional and without any damage to the exposed insulation. WE DO RECOMMEND that if you were to use this as a daily clock for your desk, you should update the wiring to mitigate the risks associated with overheating and current jumps from exposed wiring, it doesn’t hurt to be safe!

This is truly a lovely display item, and even retains the functionality of it’s clock! This is one you do not want to miss out on.

Comes more than ready for further research and display.