Montblanc Boutique Yorkdale Toronto Ontario
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Time flies from 1932 to 2018.
“Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.”
On the left side:
Masculine elegance and superior functionality characterise the Montblanc 4810 collection timepieces for the modern traveller. Combining performance and artisanal prowess, this wristwatch encloses its precise, self-winding Calibre MB 25.07 with a bi-pusher chronograph in a large, bold case featuring a dial of functional composition and harmonious proportions. Adorned with an exploding Montblanc star pattern guilloché, the black dial bears applied, rhodium-plated Roman numerals and indexes. A red triangle at 6 o’clock indicates the date. For better readability at night, the central hour and minute regate hands feature a Super-LumiNova coating for full visibility in the dark. To facilitate accurate chronometry, the precise minuterie along the dial’s edge features red markings at 30 and 60 seconds. Featuring straight horns and a thin bezel with a satin-finished border, the 43 mm stainless steel case complements a black alligator-skin strap.
Ident Number: 115123
Calibre: MB 25.07
Movement Type: Automatic chronograph
Material: Stainless steel
Diameter: 43 mm. CDN,100.00 plus 13% tax in 2017/8.
On the right side:
In 2018 my jeweller brought it back into good working condition.
1932 mass produced clock designed by Isama Noguchi.
Average run tine 28 hours. It is in working condition but it ticks loudly and the alarm would wake even the deepest sleepers.
youtu.be/V6Lh5YoLGkU
After purchasing this clock I took it in for a service estimate. I’m still waiting for their response.
1932 mass produced clock designed by Isama Noguchi.
Average run tine 28 hours.
Isamu Noguchi (Japanese/American, 1904-1988) who spent a good portion of his life living in Japan.
Measured Time (Clock and Kitchen Timer), circa 1932, Hawkeye by the Stevenson, Mfg. Co.
Bakelite, glass, printed paper.
6-1/8 x 5-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches (15.6 x 13.7 x 8.9 cm)
Printed manufacturer’s mark to face and applied plaque to reverse.
Measured Time has been recently noted as Nogochi’s first mass produced design.
Measured Time "Hawkeye" Timer/Clock
SEE ebay Listing at link below started on 9/21/2015
www.ebay.com/itm/HAWKEYE-MEASU...
The Hawkeye timer/clock has a two-hour timer above, set with the large knob at center, and a clock below. While Measured Time, Inc., La Porte, Indiana is inscribed on the dial, the ID tag on the back identifies it as Model L, made by the Stevenson Mfg. Co. of La Porte. It was available in black or white Bakelite, and with either a wind-up or electric movement. Patents for both movements were held by Chester R. Gains and date to 1931 and 1934.
The Hawkeye’s curvaceous and very Modern looking case design has only recently been identified as the work of acclaimed artist, landscape architect, and industrial designer, Isamu Noguchi. According to the Noguchi Foundation, this timer was Noguchi’s first mass-produced design, completed ca. 1932. It predates his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. More info available here: www.phillips.com/detail/ISAMU-...
The “Measured Time” clocks have appeared previously on the market without attribution, identified only by the clockface “Hawkeye” label or the Stevenson Manufacturing Company label on the reverse. In his autobiography, Isamu Noguchi mentions that his first industrial design was a series of cake molds (which are believed to never have been put into production), followed by the case covering for a clock/kitchen timer called “Measured Time,” and then the baby monitor “Radio Nurse” and accompanying “Guardian Ear.” Because an image of “Measured Time” was never published, “Radio Nurse” had been noted as Noguchi’s first documented mass-produced design. Based on similarities in style, as well as correspondence and relationships in Indiana connecting Noguchi with the Stevenson Manufacturing Company, The Noguchi Foundation has recently confirmed the “Measured Time” case design to be the work of Isamu Noguchi. A discovery over eighty years in the making, Phillips considers it a privilege to introduce this model to the auction market with its rightful attribution.
The present model clock/kitchen timer is included in the current exhibition Isamu Noguchi, Patent Holder: Designing the World of Tomorrow, June 4, 2014–January 4, 2015 at The Noguchi Museum, and will be on view January 15, 2015–March 19, 2015 at the Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University in Queens, New York.
Past Auction results
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ISAMU NOGUCHI
“Measured Time” clock and kitchen timer , circa 1932
Bakelite, metal, enameled metal, printed paper.
6 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (15.6 x 13.3 x 8.9 cm)
Manufactured by Stevenson Manufacturing Company, La Porte, Indiana. Clock face printed with HAWKEYE/MEASURED TIME and MEASURED TIME INC. LA PORTE, INDIANA, reverse with metal label printed with STEVENSON MFG. CO/MODEL L PATENTS 1371781/1424092 1620455 1821628/1821629 OTHER PATENTS PENDING.
Estimate ,500 – 4,500
SOLD FOR ,250
Measured Time clock and kitchen timer
Stevenson Mfg. Co.
USA, c. 1932
Bakelite, glass, printed paper
5.5 w x 3.5 d x 6.25 h inches
result: ,500
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estimate: ,500–4,500
This early work marks Noguchi’s first design to go into mass production.
Signed with printed manufacturer’s mark to face: [Hawkeye Measured Time]. Signed with metal manufacturer’s label to reverse: [Measured Time La Porte, Ind. Model-L].
Isamu Noguchi
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Measured Time clock and kitchen timer
Stevenson Mfg. Co.
USA, c. 1932
Bakelite, glass, printed paper
5.5 w x 3.5 d x 6.25 h inches
result: ,500
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estimate: ,500–4,500
This early work marks Noguchi’s first design to go into mass production.
Signed with printed manufacturer’s mark to face: [Hawkeye Measured Time]. Signed with metal manufacturer’s label to reverse: [Measured Time La Porte, Ind. Model-L].
Link to Radio Nurse by the same famous designer:
www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/07/zenith_s_radio_n…
His playground design:
kvadratinterwoven.com/isamu-noguchis-playgrounds
Google his image to see the incredible variety of his work.
There are many YouTube videos of his life and various designs if you search his name.
youtu.be/CTdPoSfSc7I
