If you frequent eBay looking for flip clocks, you've laid eyes on it - The 1950s era Tele-Vision clock.This clock, manufactured by the Pennwood Numechron Company, is actually a cyclometer type clock with rolling wheels displaying the time in digital form. This clock seems to have suffered from an identity crisis as it went by many names in the day.
Firstly, the Tele-Vision clock was considered a "Numechron Tymeter" clock (a type of Pennwood Numechron Company clock) and designated as the Model No 700. And while the clock face clearly reads "TELE-VISION," on the back you will see the clock described as '"TV" MODEL.' The manufacturer also seemed unsure how to describe it, as on the original packaging you can read the descriptions "TV-Tymeter clock" on one side and "Tele-vision Lamp Clock" on the other, as well as "No. 700 TV."
Can it get any better than this? Yes it can. In some advertisements, the clock was described as the "Glolite Colorama Television Lamp-Clock with Focalizer Stare-Break". Awesome.
To learn more about this clock and it's history, See the Article or watch the video below which has the same information.
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