Electromechanical Switching Technology

What do you do with a large pile of electromechanical counters from the scrap parts bin? Exactly the same as with other display devices from the past: you turn them into a clock, just like the Nixie-tube clock elsewhere in this issue. Such components from the old parts box are eminently suitable for all kinds of designer timepieces, the combination of old and new technology has a certain appeal.