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Will the real Lawson 312 please stand up?
With a history that included three different owners and a world war it’s not surprising that some Lawson Time clock names and numbers got jumbled. Here, then, is more trivia for the Lawson obsessed. A summary so far, including a … 
Still more unusual Lawson clocks
The moment you publish a book is when the anxiety starts. Did you leave something out? Any mistakes? Where opinions and educated guesses labeled as such? I consider myself lucky because in the seven years since my Lawson clock book …
Still More Unusual Lawson Art Deco Clocks
When I was working on my Lawson clock book, the plan was to print it on demand. This have made a less expensive book (my cost would have been $12-14) and mistakes or omissions could be corrected on the spot. …
Four Very Unusual Lawson Clocks
No matter how many you’ve seen, there are always more! First up, a Lawson Carlton, model 402. Made at Lawson Time’s Los Angeles factory in the 1930s, and probably not for long, I had seen one of these but couldn’t …
Still More Lawson Clock Discoveries
The job of a Lawson clock chronicler is never done. First, we have the solution to a mystery. Thirteen years ago, a clock turned up that might have been a Lawson, but it didn’t resemble any other Lawson, and it …
The Gold Lawson & Other Lawson Clock Discoveries
Due to the economics of printing a specialized book like Moderne Time, I’m fairly certain there won’t be an updated “v.2” edition. The good news is that if you’d like a copy, 165 remain (as of Sept. 2020) and they’re …
Digital Deco – More Lawson Clocks in the Movies
More Lawson Art Deco clocks on the big screen: Shadow Of Doubt (1935). Ricardo Cortez was one of the great Latin lovers who, it was hoped would fill the void left by the death of Rudolph Valentino. (Cortez was actually Jakob Krantz from New …
The Lawson Clock Summit
It started out as simple curiosity. When did Lawson Time open for business, where did it go, and why?