Winnie the Pooh Clock
Clock mechanism and decorative elements rehoused in a new powder coated aluminium casing
Owners: Yip Sisters
Repaired by: Brown Office in London, 2022
This clock features characters from Winnie the Pooh, a collection of stories created by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard in 1926, and later licenced to Walt Disney Productions. After 21 years of use, the clock stopped working a few months ago.
Yip Sisters when they were 4 and 6 years old. Image Courtesy of Stacey Yip.
Story
Stacey Yip recalls: “This clock was a housewarming gift from our dad’s Japanese friend when we were just 4 and 6 years old. Over the years, the clock progressively lost some of its functions – starting with the rocking motion of the see-saw, the hourly musical tune falling silent and the disintegration of the graphics on the metal backplate. We cannot remember a time without this clock.”
Repair
Dean Brown of Brown Office stripped the original clock back to its components and recomposed it as a ‘grandfather clock’ that prominently features the sisters’ beloved see-saw element. Emphasising the global nature of this artifact, two smaller clocks have been added to mark the time of the Walt Disney Company and 100 Acre Wood, the fictitious location of the Winnie the Pooh stories.
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