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Weems & Plath Time and Weather Instruments |
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| Endurance 125 Collection Weatherproof |
Atlantis Collection | Chrome Atlantis Collection | Martinique Collection |
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Chart Weights |
Anniversary Collection | Victory Bell Clock | Wood Bases for Instrument Collections Atlantis/Chrome Atlantis/Martinique |
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| Nautical Desk Clocks | Orbit Alarm Clocks | Home Décor Collection | Barographs |
| also see our Weems & Plath Deluxe Ship's Bells |
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Cooper Classics |
American Retro |
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| Decorative Wall Clocks | Double Bouble Advertising Logo Clocks |
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The company Weems & Plath is located in the Chesapeake Bay town of Annapolis, Maryland, where it was founded many years ago by Captain Phillip Van Horn Weems. Capt. Weems was a leading navigator of his time, teaching at the US Naval Academy and later from a navigation school he founded. Charles Lindberg studied with Weems before attempting his solo trans-Atlantic flight. Admiral Byrd, a classmate of Weems at the Naval Academy, came to him for instruction before setting out for the North Pole. A century earlier, Carl Plath's company in Hamburg, Germany, began manufacturing commercial sextants and magnetic compasses. The company developed the first gyrocompass installed on a commercial vessel in the year 1913. In 1928, Captain Weems became the North American distributor of C. Plath instruments, and hence the alliance of the two names into Weems & Plath. The company remains today a leading manufacturer of precision marine navigation instruments. Cooper Classics offers a beautiful selection of large framed wall clocks. Most of the dial faces are distressed, and each wall clock features a battery-powered quartz movement for reliable time keeping. The "Double Bubble" wall clocks from American Retro are exact replicas of promotional logo clocks used to advertise major brands in the 1940's through 1960's. |
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