Vintage ORIGINAL George Nelson OMAR the OWL CLOCK Zoo Timer Howard Miller WORKS

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Vintage ORIGINAL George Nelson OMAR the OWL CLOCK Zoo Timer Howard Miller WORKS:
$475.00

- Relisted due to a non-paying buyer -
Estate item REMOVED from the wall of the ORIGINAL OWNER who bought it in 1965.
This is the ORIGINAL CLOCK with original plug in electric movement - NOT a reissue or reproduction.
Vintage Original George Nelson OMAR THE OWL Clock, made by HOWARD MILLER Company in ZEELAND Michigan in 1965. From the estate of the original owner.
Label shows the model number - 2326 - and \" Zoo Timer Collection Designed by George Nelson Howard Miller Clock Company Zeeland Michigan Patent Pending 1965\", making this a first year clock.
About 10\" high x 10 1/2\" wide
Great GEORGE NELSON graphics - black owl with blue feather outlines, yellow green eyes and bright green hands.
Original Howard Miller Electric Movement 115 v 7 watt. This is NOT one of the \"authorized copies\" from Poland or Japan sold more recently, both of which featured modern quartz battery movements. This the real deal from Michigan.
from Design Within Reach:
Omar the Owl (1965) is one in the Zoo Timer collection of children’s clocks designed by George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company. Nelson Associates, first launched as a studio by George Nelson in 1947 in New York City, employed some of the most celebrated designers of the time, including Bill Cannan, Lance Wyman, Jerry Serapachello and Roger Zimmerman, the team who worked on the six clocks in the original Zoo Timer collection. Until its closure in the mid-1980s, the company designed a range of products for many clients, including Herman Miller, Inc., which was established in 1923 by Howard Miller’s brother-in-law, D.J. De Pree. A bit of family history: De Pree also founded the Herman Miller Clock Company in 1926 but turned it over in 1937 to Howard, who renamed it. As for the identity of Herman Miller, he was Howard’s father and De Pree’s father-in-law. The Miller companies are not affiliated but stand across the street from each other in Zeeland, Mich.