454 "The Hostess"
CASE, Beetle Moulded White,
Green, Ivory, Orange, Blue, Yellow and Black. 5 in. Ivory Enamel
Dial
Height 7 1/2" Width
7 1/2" Depth 3 3/32" $9.75
Initially, only the green ones had ivory dials; the rest were white. Became the G.E. "New Hostess" (with a new F or H rotor movement and thinner profile) and sold for many years that way but as a Telechron, they're fairly uncommon. These have beetle cases with a chromed bezel. I got this one for $5 at a flea market. It looked like heck at the time but I saw it's inner beauty. Right now, this clock is about 95% perfect and seen above replacing my good ol' 2H11 who's going to take a few months off from kitchen duty.
Jimmy Watches the Clock
Not such a good idea in the office maybe but
take it from "Smiling" Jimmy Henigan, a mighty good idea for the marathon
runner who doesn't want to be left at the post. A clock in his kitchen
that was nearly forty minutes slow nearly cost Jimmy the laurel wreath
and diamond-studded medal he carried off as a winner of the Classic American
Marathon on Patriot's Day in Boston. Jimmy had to begin running before
the marathon started to get to the starting point on time. Now he
has in his kitchen a new clock with an electric Telechron movement that
can't go a second off without showing a red warning signal. Jimmy
doesn't believe in taking chances when diamond-studded medals are at stake.
--1931
(Yes, the story is true and it really was a 454. It wasn't long ago that the winner of the Boston Marathon got no cash prize tho' I wonder how big those diamonds were....)