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Audubon Quartz Bird Call Clock, c. late 20th century

This is an example of the popular Audubon quartz "bird call" clock. Each hour the clock plays a realistic recording of the call of a different bird. The movement is a basic quarts trigger movement that is connected to a sperate circuit board containing the sound chip and memory for the bird calls. I see these occasionally in the clock shop and the usual problems are corrosion from leaking batteries and/or failure of the quartz movement. The clock is difficult to disassemble as the thin glass is cemented to the plastic case but with care can be removed. Various trigger movements can be made to work in this clock but fitting the original hands is often an issue. The clock has a photo cell to automatically turn off the bird calls at night. There is button to advance the call to the next bird until it matches picture on the dial.



Not for sale
(returned to owner after service)

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