Time Flies

Stadium Clock

I acquired this clock in the spring of 1961. I was taking physics, and the teacher asked if anyone wanted this clock. I went home and asked if I could have a clock, and my parents said OK, not knowing how big it was. The next morning I went to the physics teacher before class and asked for the clock. He said that I could have it.

My understanding about the clock was that it was taken out of the school’s office in the 1950’s during a renovation and given to the physics department for pendulum experiments. The department finally got a pendulum to hang on the wall, so the clock was put into storage. In 1961 while cleaning out the storage the clock was found and I acquired it.

Work History:

When I got the clock it was missing the glass in the door, the hour hand, the pendulum weight, and the drive weight. I had it running off and on using makeshift weights

In the 1980’s I knew a clockmaker, and he worked on the clock. He replaced the hands, and found an early 1900’s drive weight, but he had to get a new pendulum weight. It ran for several years after that.

About 2000 I took it to another clockmaker and he took it a part and replaced most of the bushings, and got it running again. I have it running in my living room.

If there are any pictures of the clock in the office, I would like to see them, to verify that this is the clock from the office.

Description:

Height: 4' 7"

Width: 1' 4"

Depth: 5"

Pendulum length: 32", and has a wire running down the back of it. This is an important length as the swing of the pendulum is exactly 1 second, and therefore was be used as a regulator clock.

Face is 12" in diameter and has roman numerals on it.

It has a name on the face of "J. Stolting Co."

John Potter '61

(BTW, here is a picture of the office in 1909)

Here's John's clock with his self portrait.

Memories@CelebrateStadium.com

CelebrateStadium.com