4/6/2024 0 Comments Simplex time recorder partsInside that heavy oak case lives a fully mechanized metal recording stamp engaged with the timecard in the slot activated by the lever. In fact, GQ’s clock, from the standpoint of the study of how a material objects relates to culture tells us a ‘valuable” story. GQ’s Simplex Time recorder and punch clock tells a story of its time. But this clock shares an intimately connected with one of the largest of all corporations, the mighty IBM company. A Time Clock by Simplex Time Recorder Co, Gardner, MA. A Valuable StoryĪs far as “important” clocks go, GQ’s isn’t so important. So when GQ says it worked, and in the family, I believe him. One, a paper label from the last quarter of the 19th century, and a sticky label from a repair shop in Illinois in the 1950’s. GQ’s family owned, and watched, this clock for as long as anyone remembers in the family business begun by his great-grandfather in 1890! It bears that 1970’s Bendix logo with the Bendix smile, with the statement “Automotive Parts.” Clocks are often watched, so I felt thrilled when GQ sent me a photo of a Simplex Time Clock. I purloined my kitchen clock from a garage going out of business. Nothing feels quite as weighty as time these days.
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