Serial Number: DW 0135
Subcategory: Desk Watch
Status: Display
Description:
This is vintage Metamec automatic alarm clock. Metamec was a manufacturer of domestic clocks in the second half of the 20th century, and was based in Dereham, Norfolk, England. The name Metamec is derived from metal-work and mechanics . The company started as an offshoot of the furniture manufacturers Jentique about 1941,[1] which made boxes for instruments and bombs during World War II.
Products
The first Metamec model was a mains-powered mantle clock numbered 701 (approx. 1947). All clocks produced by Metamec were produced to a high standard, and the factory expanded with the purchase of new machines to allow them to create their own movements, rather than import the movements from other clock companies. The factory increased in size during the 1960s and 70s, and employed approx 750 people, producing 350 models of clock, and producing 25,000 clocks per week. They became a manufacturer of the now iconic large Sunburst chrome, teak and brass clocks. Metamec was the largest clock manufacturer in the UK at the time.
