I like the old metal Sunbeams. My mom used to keep extras in the basement for when they broke and just bring up a new one.
That is the kind of thing we look for at estate sales.
I also buy enamel ware cookware from the 70's--just found a CathrineHolm of Norway skillet yesterday at a garage sale--looks like this only brown:
The internet calls it "iconic midcentury modern design." I call it a return to my happiest years, which is what I suspect many of us may be doing in the near future as we discard outdated things and suit up for the last part of ourlives. I am enjoying cooking with Quistgaard design, drinking from iitala glassware, and buying the things I could not afford when they were new.
I share your desire to return to a better time, when things we made to last, and made beautifully. And I also have a Baby Ben clock, for the reasons you mention!