Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Welcome to the 15th short from Flip Clock Fans - our ongoing effort to catalog all the flip clocks in the Flip Clock Fans Collection. In this episode we're looking at the Horolovar Plato Clock.
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Welcome Flip Clock Fans
This is a reproduction Plato Clock - but don't let that fool you. To me it's very valuable for historical reasons.
Known in collector circles as the Horolovar Plato clock, these clocks were made from 1969 to 1971, making them as vintage as most of the flip clocks we collect.
The clock was commissioned by a man who had much influence in getting flip clocks rediscovered and established in the US, in my opinion.
Charles O Terwilliger, Jr as a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors wrote an article for the October 1964 NAWCC Bulletin that remains the most often used source when referring to the Plato Clock: "Eugine L. Fitch and the Plato Clock."
Under the name of his Horolovar Company, Charles Terwilliger, Jr. had a reproduction Plato Clock made by the Karl Lauffer clock company of Germany.
This reproduction would eventually be known by collectors as the "Horolovar Plato Clock."
This mechanism is a 7 jewel, 8-day movement used in many German clocks of the day, including this car dash clock.
The Horolovar Plato Clock.
One of the prized historic clocks in the Flip Clock Fans Collection.
Thanks for taking the time.
#shorts
Welcome to the 15th short from Flip Clock Fans - our ongoing effort to catalog all the flip clocks in the Flip Clock Fans Collection. In this episode we're looking at the Horolovar Plato Clock.
Subscribe to FlipClockFans for more flip clock stuff
youtube.com/c/Flipclockfans?sub_confirmation=1
Welcome Flip Clock Fans
This is a reproduction Plato Clock - but don't let that fool you. To me it's very valuable for historical reasons.
Known in collector circles as the Horolovar Plato clock, these clocks were made from 1969 to 1971, making them as vintage as most of the flip clocks we collect.
The clock was commissioned by a man who had much influence in getting flip clocks rediscovered and established in the US, in my opinion.
Charles O Terwilliger, Jr as a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors wrote an article for the October 1964 NAWCC Bulletin that remains the most often used source when referring to the Plato Clock: "Eugine L. Fitch and the Plato Clock."
Under the name of his Horolovar Company, Charles Terwilliger, Jr. had a reproduction Plato Clock made by the Karl Lauffer clock company of Germany.
This reproduction would eventually be known by collectors as the "Horolovar Plato Clock."
This mechanism is a 7 jewel, 8-day movement used in many German clocks of the day, including this car dash clock.
The Horolovar Plato Clock.
One of the prized historic clocks in the Flip Clock Fans Collection.
Thanks for taking the time.
#shorts
