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Product groups
  1. Clocks
Designer
  1. Paul Theodore Frankl
Themes
  1. Wilkhahn 100 years +
  2. Wiener Werkstätte
    1903 - 1932
  3. Highlights from the auction
    "Gio Ponti: A Collection"
product list
Wright

Modernique table clock, model #431 | Wright

Estimated value: 700-900 US$

Reached Price: 1200 US$

Auction:
Modernist 20 Century

Sales date: 2003-05-18

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 338

Design Paul Frankl
Year 1928-1932
Manufacturer Warren Telechron Co.
Architonic id 4101210

Chrome steel, plastic, glass, brass, enameled metal
5"w x 3.75"d x 7.75"h
This clock was nicknamed the "Fifty-Dollar" clock. It was the most expensive model in the Telechron line. Factory marks.
Literature: Electrifying time: Telechron and G.E. clocks 1925-55, Linz, pg.68; Form & Re-Form, Frankl, pg. 156.