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Originally Posted by craigster59
Here is an early Christmas gift to myself. A Chelsea "Claremont" clock and barometer desk set. The clock is a "ship's strike" that strikes the maritime 8 bell sequence.
It was made in 1937 and given to Al Polizzi. A little history on "Al"....
Alfred Polizzi (born Alfonso Polizzi; Italian pronunciation: [alˈfɔnso poˈlittsi]; March 15, 1900 – May 26, 1975) was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who was boss of the Cleveland crime family in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1945. He stabilized the Cleveland crime family after a period of revenge killings, and was one of the most influential mobsters in the United States. He retired to Florida in 1945, where he was involved in the construction industry. He used several aliases, including "Big Al" and Albert Allen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Polizzi
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Very nice, and super cool provenance!
I've got this one (currently in storage)
And I'd like to get one of these
And one of these (Navy clock out of a plane)
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