Sorry, can't tell anything from the very small photos.

Martin

I have been hoping to acquire one of these BeoTime clocks for some time, but all the ones I have found have had a couple of damaged areas and the price was excessive (in my opinion at +$400) I finally found an undamaged clock but the seller insisted on $1,200 so that didn’t go anywhere. Then I found one on eBay at a reasonable price and I purchased it.

Perhaps I should rephrase my question. From all the photos I have seen on eBay I assumed what I was seeing was an actual Beogram 8002 platter with the raised rubber bits to support the record that B&O had converted into a clock adding the Bang & Olufsen under the 12 and BEOTIME over the 6 and putting a battery operated clock movement using the center hole in the platter.

What I have is NOT a Beogram 8002 platter, instead it is a12 inch aluminum disc which has black printing that very much resembles the pattern on the Beogram 8002, but this is only printing, although it is raised so you can feel it with your fingers.

The hands are exactly like all the B&O clocks I have seen, heavy square black hands with red tips and a red second hand.

There are no markings of any kind on the reverse.

The clock came in a heavy fitted box that was made for it, holding the clock by the German movement. The box has a white sticker with bar code and number: 36588330, Beotime clock Bang & Olufsen Madison Ave.

Does that help?

Jeff

Piaf wrote:

Does that help?

No, it did not help, we want a bigger pic😁

One tiny item I just noticed, on all previous sales on eBay (completed) the bottom black strips marking the hours are the same as found on the Beogram 8002 platter, whereas my clock has every other black strip hollowed out.

In addition the hands on the other clocks are all red, whereas my clock has black hands tipped in red.

Whereas I really need to hear from a B&O expert, I am beginning to think that I have acquired the real thing…… and at a really good price, from the buyer’s perspective.  🤒

Jeff

Here is a good photo.

That's the real deal.
Exactly like the one on the wall in my kitchen.  😂

Martin

Dillen wrote:

That's the real deal.
Exactly like the one on the wall in my kitchen.  😂

Martin

Congratulations Jeff

Thank you Martin and Søren!

By my last posting it was becoming apparent that IF this clock was a fake, it would have cost an unreasonable amount of money to produce it, hardly worth the effort. Also the amount of trouble to fabricate the box with cut outs specifically for this clock….. well no one would go to that much trouble for an item like this.

Like many people (apparently) I passed over this eBay listing for a “home-made clock” as most are just God-awful. The day before the listing expired I took a look at it out of sheer morbid curiosity and thought the clock looked awfully nice for a “home-made clock.”

Then I noticed the B&O bar-code sticker on the box and asked if the seller would ship internationally.

Then I gambled that the clock was the real deal and the “home-made” description was a mistake.

Thank you Martin for your confirmation that my clock matches your kitchen clock. 😁

Jeff