[GreenKeys] Western-Union time service

[bill riches]

I have had a WU clock running in my shack for about 10 years now.  I replace
two "d" cells once a year and it keeps time to a few min a month.  Reset
once a month.  A surplus company in North Jersey was selling them for about
$ 100.00 when I purchased mine. I took it apart - cleaned and oiled it and
found a date of 1920 scratched inside.  The bushings were quite worn into an
oval in some cases but it keeps on ticking.  For more info look at "American
Clocks" volume 2 by Tran Duy Ly starting on page 177. I heard that when WU
discontinued the clock service they told their customers that they could
keep their clocks.  I would imagine that a lot of them walked out of their
office location the next day!!

73

Bill Riches, WA2DVU
Cape May, NJ