single all original and fully functional 1930's american art deco machine age "zephyr" electric desk clocks. the streamlined style body is comprised of pressed and folded brass with nicely aged, oxidized copper finish. the small rectangular clock face is flanked by curvaceous polished brass panel on the left, and deeply incised lines (retaining the original baked white enameled finish) on the right. the analogue ivorine digital numbers show hours, minutes and seconds. designed by kem weber for the lawson time inc., alhambra, calif. kem weber was not perhaps a household name, but he was responsible for bringing the modern style in industrial design to the west coast. having come from germany to work on the 1915 san francisco panama pacific international exposition, he was trapped in the u.s. after the outbreak of the first world war and denied permission to return at war's end. weber became a well-known designer in california, especially with the hollywood set, with his most famous design being the "airline" chair produced for walt disney studios in the mid-1930s. weber produced several clocks for lawson time in pasadena, but the c. 1933 "zephyr" is the most inventive and memorable in the new digital format. inspired by the burlington pioneer zephyr train, which sped between chicago and denver (once clocked in a test run at 104 m.p.h.), the clock is rather ingenious in form with a graceful inverted "s"-shaped contour. the movement is essentially identical to that used in pennwood clocks, though it may have been made by lawson under license. original disc feet intact. the zephyr is one of the most sought after clocks designed during the machine age. keeps accurate time. a total of three nearly identical clocks are available. priced individually.