The Copal Caslon 101 - Japan's first digital clock

The Copal Caslon 101 - Japan's first digital clock was introduced to the world in 1965 by the Copal Company, Ltd. Known as The Nidec Copal Corporation since 1998, the company began operation in 1946, with the production of photographic shutters which persist as one of the company's best-known products. The company remains a well established manufacturer of optical, electronic and mechanical equipment, still, primarily for the photographic industry. The designer of the Copal Calson 101 was the wo...

The Coca Cola Flip Clock Sign - It's the Real Thing! Produced sometime between 1969 and 1973 (see "Manufacturing Details" below for how we came to this best guess), the Coca Cola flip clock sign features an over-sized, white Caslon flip clock set within translucent, cola brown plastic and prominently featuring an iconic red Coca Cola square logo. The clock was originally an integral part of a larger display. This particular clock was discovered on eBay and had numerous cracks and showed signs of at...

The Molson Beer Sign Flip Clock - Very rarely seen, the Molson Beer Sign Flip clock holds interest for both those interested in breweriana as well as flip clock fans. The sign was designed and producted by Display Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This company is still in business and known as DCI Marketing, Inc. What is now known as Molson Coors Brewing Company, brewers of both Molson brands and Coors, is historically linked to Canada's oldest beer brewery founded on the banks of the St. L...

Clock Name: Caslon 201 Common Name: The Caslon Digital Electric Desk Clock Brand: Caslon Model Number: 201 Type: Digital Clock Manufacturer: Copal Country of Manufature: Japan Year of release: 1966 (seen in print advertising from 1966-1973) Imported by: Ropat, Box 2662, Culver City, CA. photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience. Your comments at t...

Clock Name: Panasonic RC-7053 Common Name: The Ellsworth Brand: Panasonic Model Number: RC-7053 Type: FM/AM day-digital clock radio flip clock Manufacturer: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) Country of Manufacture: Japan Year of release: 1973 (seen in print ads from 1973-1976) photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience. Your comments at...

Clock Name: Panasonic AM/FM Digital Clock Alarm Radio Common Name: The Groundhog Day Flip Clock Brand: Panasonic Model Number: RC-6025 Type: flip clock, alarm, radio Manufacturer: Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd. Country of Manufature: Japan Year of release: 1976 photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience.Your comments at the end of this article can ad...

Something Unique for your pleasure The SONY SOLID STATE Portable DIGIMATIC TELEVISION Featuring - Loop antenna for UHF, earphone - Automatic TV ON/OFF (sleep switch) 14 hour alarm - DIGITAL CLOCK - Snap IN/OUT Smoke Filter - Wood Cabinet An Impressive Gift .... and ... It can be yours if you shop on Etsy.com The Sony Digimatic Television with Digital Clock (Model number TVC-111U) made an appearance as early as 1969 as can be seen from an advertisement from The Los Angeles Times (27 Nov 19...

Jumphour watches - the flip clock of digital watches? The 1960s and 70s saw the rise of the "jumphour" watches - watches with normal internal movements but with rotating discs displaying digits instead of hands. The watches were an less expensive alternative to the fancy new-fangled electronic digital watches that were coming into fashion (if you can call those clunky watches fashion). The watches were commonly called "jump hour" due to the quick switching of the hour disc, reminiscent of flip clo...

The Elementary Flip Clock Elementary, first airing September 27, 2012, is an American drama series produced by CBS featuring Sherlock Holmes (Johnny Lee Miller) who has left London and now lives in modern day Manhattan. Holmes, who has sworn off intoxicants, now serves as police consultant in New York City with his living companion, Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). Watson is a former surgeon who gave up practice after losing a patient and who's life work (outside of helping Sherlock solve crimes) revol...

The Knowing Flip Clock
As appears in the 2009 Nicholas Cage Movie "Knowing"

Movie Synopsis: Fifty years after it was buried in a elementary school time capsule, a schoolgirl's number filled sheet of paper, written under the influence of mysterious, whispering beings, finds it way into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of M.I.T. professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John comes to realize that the encoded message accurately lists every major...

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