Antique Counting Device

[weirdoldstuff]

Hey everyone, this looks like a great forum!

I was wondering if anyone has seen anything like this before, & is it worth anything?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/teko.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/teko1.jpg/

Some type of counting device, you put a pencil (or something) in the hole and push down, it 'dings' and the counter goes up by 1.

From the looks of it, I would guess 1920 - 1950 ish?

And from the writing on the sticker underneath, German or Swiss?

[cogar]

That might have been made for use as a store or shop "bell" ..... and would have been placed on the door or door frame ....... and whenever the door opened or closed it woulld "ding" the bell.

[sapphire]

Welcome to the forum wirdoldstuff!

Could you post a clear picture of the sticker?

[snowflake]

All I think is someone at a counter, hitting it and saying...Next!
Having a hard time finding one on line though!

[weirdoldstuff]

Having a hard time finding one on line though!

Same here! I gave up.

Sticker pic:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/teko2.jpg/

[KC]

Reminds me of some that I saw that were counters for people attending an event (like what turnstyles do these days!)


However, if it has to have something inserted into it....reminds me of counters/logins for security guards to note when they passed by on a particular beat.  They had to log the time by hand and the counter helped reinforce the number of rounds!