1930s Windsor Gibraltar Clock Co Jersey City, New Jersey. Art Deco Prohibition Tavern Pub Clock 10″ Tall 11″Wide. Rarely seen in excellent condition. This is an original spin-start clock that Runs and tells time. Its been serviced and cleaned with new period cord installed. After plugging in and setting time, you gently spin the knob on back to get the second hand in motion and it starts telling time. All metal casting with great details. Beautiful piece, will look great anywhere in your home. Check out my other rare clocks. The earliest synchronous clocks from the 1930s were not self-starting, and had to be started by spinning a starter knob on the back. An interesting flaw in these spin-start clocks was that the motor could be started in either direction, so if the starter knob was spun in the wrong direction the clock would run backwards, the hands turning counterclockwise. Later manual-start clocks had ratchets or other linkages which prevented backwards starting. The invention of the shaded-pole motor. Allowed self-starting clocks to be made, but since the clock would restart after a power interruption, the loss of time would not be indicated. The item “1930s Antique Art Deco Prohibition Windsor Gibraltar Tavern Pub Clock JOLLY’S” is in sale since Friday, March 15, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Clocks\Vintage (1930-69)\Shelf, Mantel”. The seller is “timeseeker1″ and is located in Baldwinsville, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Uruguay, Egypt, Iceland, Jordan, Sri lanka, Nicaragua.