Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

It's a very interesting and unusual clock. It's called an optic clock, or an optic eye clock.

GUEST

Uh-huh.

APPRAISER

It was made by the William L. Gilbert Clock Company about 1910. These clocks were actually made for opticians' shops.

GUEST

Uh-huh.

APPRAISER

Where they would use it for advertising. This type of clock would appeal to clock collectors, as well as people that collect advertising pieces and folk art. They've made reproductions of this form. I've never seen an original one in person. I've only seen the reproductions.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

And it has the paper label on the back from the Gilbert Clock Company that helps to identify it as an original. In a retail store, you would expect to pay about $4,500 to $5,000 for this clock.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

Thank you for bringing it in, it's a wonderful piece.

GUEST

You're entirely welcome. I said it'll stay in my house as long as I'm living.