A Reverse Running Kramer Barber Shop clock made by the Waterbury Clock Co. of Waterbury, Connecticut. 223058.

This clock is purposed designed. You should notice that the hour numerals on the dial are reversed so one can read the dial correctly in a mirror. The most popular users of this dial format were people who stood in front of a mirror all day. As a result, the Barbershop community was heavily targeted. Barbers hung clocks like this one on the back wall of the shop so that their patrons sitting in the Barder's chair could view the time behind them in the mirror.

The Waterbury Clock Company made this clock circa 1920. The recently refinished case is constructed in oak. The brass bezel has been polished and is fitted with glass that protects the dial. The dial is paper applied to a tin pan. The ten-inch paper dial advertises the Kramer Service Company of Elkader, Iowa. The Arabic hour numerals are reversed, and the hands run backward. Behind the dial is a Waterbury-made movement that is designed to run backward. This is possible because the brass-constructed movement turns them in that direction. It is a spring wound clock designed to run for eight days once fully wound. The pendulum bob is brass and can be viewed through the lower door. A paper label is pasted to the backboard inside the case. 

This clock measures approximately measures 22 inches long, 14.5 inches wide, and 4.5 inches deep.

This clock was made circa 1920. 

Inventory number 223058.

  • A Reverse Running Kramer Barber Shop clock made by the Waterbury Clock Co. of Waterbury, Connecticut. 223058. Delaney Antique Clocks.
  • A Reverse Running Kramer Barber Shop clock made by the Waterbury Clock Co. 223058. Delaney Antique Clocks.
  • Waterbury Clock Co. schoolhouse movement. 223058. Delaney Antique Clocks.