Customer Reviews

Electrifying Time: Telechron and Ge Clocks 1925-55 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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What an incredible book! Mr. Linz presents the History of the Warren-Telechron Company in an interesting, yet not burdensome fashion. Using photographs of the literally hundreds of models made until the company's demise, the author takes you from the heavy Cathedral-Style through the Deco era and into "space-age" design of the 50's and early 60's.

I'll wage a bet that if you don't have a Telechron, someone in your family probably does. This book will make a fan out of anyone who is remotely interested in design. There's literally a Telechron for anyone's decor!

This book was recommended to me by a friend who said he thought I might find it interesting. My mother used to work for Telechron and G.E. making clocks. Now, after reading this book I have a better idea what she did all day while I was at school! If you know anyone who worked for Telechron, this book would be a great gift. I even got the courage to look at a couple of broken clocks I had lying around with the help of the repair section. I think I'm going to get one of these working again!

This book is wonderful. It has a lot of colored photographs and is a great reference book. It is worth the money.

What an incredible book! Mr. Linz presents the History of the Warren-Telechron Company in an interesting, yet not burdensome fashion. Using photographs of the literally hundreds of models made until the company's demise, the author takes you from the heavy Cathedral-Style through the Deco era and into "space-age" design of the 50's and early 60's.

I'll wage a bet that if you don't have a Telechron, someone in your family probably does. This book will make a fan out of anyone who is remotely interested in design. There's literally a Telechron for anyone's decor!

If you own a GE or Telechron clock from the 40's or 50's, this is your encyclopedia. lots of pictures and accurate descriptions.

One of the best referecnce books I have ever read. Plenty of pictures of these wonderful clocks that will wet your collector's appetite to go on the hunt to find them.

This book is rich in pictures and I found just about every Telechron/G.E. clock that I currently own and it's value. The repair tips are extremely helpfull. I also enjoyed the history of the Telecron company itself and of Henry Warren in particular,I was truly amazed at how much he contributed to our modern way of living... A must have for anyone who owns and or repairs these clocks.

This is a well done book with tons of photos and lots of literature and obscure facts on Warren Telechron. The only thing I found a little dissapointing was the clocks themselves. A few are fabulous, scarce and expensive but the majority are rather conservative and dull. Still, an excellent piece of research.

The book contains a lot of good history on the company, the founder, and the advertising/promotion meterials. The section on the "designers" gets a little boring. The section on repairing/restoring is interesting and has some good information. There is not a lot of depth to it but for most people, it is more than you'll need. I like the model look up list in the back. The price guide will soon go out of date though, and some of the color photos of the various clocks are horribly green. Overall it's a good book and well worth buying if you are a Telechron enthusiast.