Spilhaus Space Clock For Sale

This is a rare Spilhaus Space Clock designed by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus and produced under license by Edmund Scientific from 1964 until the early 1970s.

This is the fabulous Spilhaus Space Clock.  It was designed by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, Dean of Technnology, University of Minnesota (from 1949 to 1967).  Dr. Spilhaus was the inventor of the bathythermograph, an invention which contributed substantially to America's submarine warfare success in WW II.  Dr. Spilhaus had many areas of interest including oceanography and meteorology.  The lower left dial shows regular time; the lower right dial is a 24 hour clock which shows the time in various major cities around the world.  The large Space Dial of the Spilhaus Space Clock presents a variety of important celestial information.  From the large space dial you can read these 15 up-to-the minute facts:

                                                                1. The Horizon And The Visible Heavens
                                                                2. The Sun's Position In The Sky.
                                                                3. The Moon's Position In The Sky
                                                                4. Position Of The Stars
                                                                5. Relative Position Of Sun, Moon, And Stars
                                                                6. A Perpetual Calendar Showing The Current Month And Day
                                                                7. Solar Time Of Sun, Moon, And Stars At Meridian
                                                                8. Sidereal Or Star Time.
                                                                9. Current Phase Of The Moon
                                                                10. Time Of Daily Sunrise And Sunset
                                                                11. Mean Time Of Moon Rise And Moon Set
                                                                12. Mean Time Of Star Rise And Star Set
                                                                13. Current Time Of High Or Low Tide
                                                                14. Current Stage Of The Tide
                                                                15. Mean Solar Time At The clock's Location

This clock is in good running condition and keeps accurate time. This clock is the lighted Model #1202. This is an earlier production clock, the serial number is B1064. Around serial number 1000 Edmund began to change from aluminum gears to nylon gears, which crack over time. This clock had 7 aluminum gears and one nylon gear when I got it. The nylon gear was cracked and I replaced it with an aluminum gear, I also cleaned and lubricated the clock. I have four other Spilhaus clocks (NOT FOR SALE!); I have run this clock next to my other ones for several months and it is keeping perfect time. The lights work and I will include six replacement bulbs, giving you nine working bulbs in total. These bulbs are very hard to find.

The main problem with this clock is cosmetic. On the front of the clock, the wood of the base and bottom of the face looks like the finish has been stripped off - see pictures. The right side looks to have a residue of some kind extending about 2 1/2 inches below the brass top - did not show up in pictures. The left side has two nicks on the front edge - last picture, sorry it is blurry. The brass has spotting across the top, the brass ring surrounding the big space dial shows some patina across the bottom half, but all of the brass looks pretty good compared to many of these clock that I see for sale.

Sorry, I do not have a user's manual for this but there is one posted online at the Sands Mechanical Museum website - link below.

This will be packaged according to the directions given on the Sands Mechanical Museum's website at http://www.sandsmuseum.com/misc/spillhaus/repair/spilhausrepair.html Shipping will run about $45.00 to CONUS

Updated November 19, 2012