Looping travel alarm, equivalent in 2021

[antonyh]

Found a looping alarm clock in a draw, had it for a lot of years.
I did think I would get it running and sell it,but for what I would get for it in today's market I would rather keeping iit. 
How much would a quality mechanical 8 day travel alarm, leather bound, does any make such a thing now days.
So ive cleaned and serviced it, polished up the brass bezel polished up the leather case and its a lush piece that I will use again.

I had a look on the Internet at a new replacement, I found one new one at rrp £1995.. Or one at $5995.

 

[watchweasol]

Hi  In the world of smart watches and smart phones and the like a travel alarm has a value to its owner or a collector, so whats it worth, basically what you can get.  I have several  by Europa/wesclox etc  that I think only a collector of such would want but not at £1995 for sure.

[wls1971]

I don't think there would be an equivalent in todays market, Looping where very good well made clocks but they didn't survive the Quartz led market and went to the wall in the 80's, Imhof another good alarm clock maker shut its doors in the early 2000's, Swiza another maker of alarm clocks still survives but all their alarm clocks are now Quartz.

Todays mechanical clocks are not a patch on older clocks, makers such as Matthew Norman and L'epee are extortionate prices new, but the secondhand market reflects their true value they are made for ease of servicing for the manufacturer with push out bushings and held together with circlips I have both L'Epee and Matthew Norman striking carriage clocks the retail prices new are £4,000 plus the most I've ever paid for one is £150.00 so price in no way reflects true value in the real world.

Like most people my phone  alarm clock  is the most used feature.

[oldhippy]

I learnt my trade repairing clocks like that. Not bad little movements, they come in 8 day or 30 hour movements back in the 70’s & 80’s they were plentiful. That all stopped when the horrid quartz came in. Those prices are stupid if you ask me. For goodness sake you got to be unbalanced to pay such a price for one of those. Swiza manual wind alarm clocks  are just as good and you can pick one of those up for around £60 they also are 8 day or 30 hour.