Once upon a time, "Dog Ma 1" (reply w/o
spam) wrote:

...Would really like a 5-minute "hourglass"

If you have no luck finding the hourglass timer, I'd like to
suggest a mechanical, digital read-out timer I found at Radio
Shack. It counts up or down, can be set in 10-second
intervals,up to 13 hours. It automatically resets to the last
setting (in case you want the same amount of time again) but is
easily cleared to zero by a reset button. I used it in my tea
class and really like it.

It looks like an egg, flat on the bottom. Twist bottom to set
time. I'm checking mine for a model number. All I find is a
catalog number 63-934. Powered by one AAA battery. I think I
paid $7 for it.

My local store is out of them, or I would have several more.

Martha