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Optic Alarm

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Joe Colombo, Italian, 1930 – 1971

    Producer

    Ritz Italora

    Description

    Black, arched case; white face with ring of 12 yellow-encircled black "hour" dots surrounded by a ring of corresponding numerals interspersed with small black "minute" dots; black, lozenge-shaped hour hand with hole at end to reveal "hour" dots, thin black minute hand, thin red second hand. In small print on bottom of face: "Optic / MADE IN ITALY / Alarm."

    Credit Line

    Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor

    Date

    ca. 1968

    Accession Number

    1986-99-39

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    timepieces & measuring devices
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Alarm clock

    Type

    Alarm clock

    Medium

    Plastic, metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 8.3 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

    made in

    Italy

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49caaf2f8-bd32-463c-a724-c375b3b48f11

    Record ID

    chndm_1986-99-39

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