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Clocks and Watches are enshrined on postage stamps throughout the world.

United States of America

The 10 cent American Clock Stamp (published by the United States Post Office)

American Clock Stamp Celebrated by Watch and Clock Museum

The National Watch & Clock Museum announced yesterday that it will offer special ten cent admission rates to welcome the new ten cent American Clock Stamp. Admission rates will be lowered from $6 for adult admission to 10 cents for all visitors on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 to commemorate the issuance and first day of public sale of the 10 cents American Clock Stamp.

"We are very pleased the United States Postal Service has decided to issue a stamp recognizing the tradition of American clockmaking," said Jim Bland, Director of Marketing for the National Watch & Clock Museum. "The Museum and our Association, The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, will be represented at the American Clock Stamp unveiling in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, January 24 and we are pleased to bring the celebration to Central Pennsylvania by offering 10 cent admission."

The American Clock Stamp features Roxbury, Massachusetts clockmaker Simon Willard's patent timepiece, often called a "banjo clock," which has a very distinctive shape--the movement is housed behind the dial and an elongated slender case section culminates in a box shape to house the pendulum. To commemorate this event, The United States Postal Service will be presenting an enlarged print of the stamp to The National Watch & Clock Museum and The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors on January 24, 2003. For more information, please visit www.nawcc.org.
 

Switzerland

Swiss-made

The International Watch making Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is a world center for the tradition of timekeeping, in particular Swiss clocks and watches. The designs of the new special stamps in the "Traditional Swiss products" series, which are being issued in denominations of CHF 1.00 and 1.30, are based on items from the museum's collection.

A Swiss watch is a compact machine

A clock is a compact machine that records the earth's rotation in real time. On the high seas, for example, these instruments were critical to survival: from the 19th century onwards, Swiss marine chronometers led the market and contributed greatly to the reputation for quality that Swiss clocks and watches continue to enjoy.

In addition, Swiss clock makers in the Jura region excelled at making the world's most sophisticated pocket watches. Basic parts from this region are integrated into most pocket watches with sophisticated functions such as the rack striking system, perpetual calendars, stopwatch hands or even self-striking mechanisms.

Sophisticated mechanical watches

True to the tradition of high-quality and sophisticated mechanical watches, today a host of different companies are vying to do outdo each other in the fiercely contested wristwatch market. They show their wares each spring at the "Basel World" watch and jewelry fair.

Several companies participating The Swiss watch making industry does not have any true point of origin, just as no single location can be said to be the center of the industry. A timepiece is the product of cooperation between various companies specializing in specific parts. The end product is thus the result of a process similar to that in the automotive sector. Even though the final product is associated with a brand name, this name usually just stands for an organization that ties the suppliers together. No single watch or clock is produced in its entirety by one company alone. All of the manufacturers brought together in a structure under a single roof are dependent on one another, from the craftsman all the way to the case designer. This is the way it is now and the way it always has been.

Swiss products

When it comes to Swiss products, great attention has always been paid to the external design of the clock. As early as the 18th and 19th century, Geneva was well known for its enamel work on pocket watchcases. The significance of this aspect today can hardly be underestimated.

Stamps Details

Issue: Switzerland, 6 September 2005
Design: Armin Furrer, Lucerne
Print: Offset, Cator France

Mongolia

MS2105 - Mongolia 1990 Stamp World London

Featuring "Big Ben"

Clock Tower

50 & 60

Turkey

Circa 2005 - Vintage Clocks.

60 and 70 Kurus (unused in mint condition)

Block of four stamps.

 

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