The Digilume Dialite Model 22102 (brown). It also comes in white (22100) and black (22104).
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The following images are screencaps of the completed video - which of course I would hope you'd consider watching on YouTube.
I though the mechanism looked familiar and indeed it is. It's the same mechanism that is used in many brands of windup flip clocks. In house I have a Bradley wind up and the mechanisms are exactly the same (of course, except for the Bradly having a wind up clock and the Westclox having a synchronous motor).
Speaking of which, it uses the General Time Corp M5 Capsule Motor. The same as what I called the "film clocks" but what the makers (Westclox) calls
"revolutionary tape digital clock" and
"quiet tape system with backlighted numerals"
In looking at many catalog pages from Clockhistory.com, I discovered that there were many, many more clocks using this tape digital clock than I ever imagined.
It seems Westclox was really pushing these types of clocks through the flip clock decade. I would imagine many failed - many more than any Copal, etc I'm sure because of the failure of the tape clock itself, loss of neon glow, and/or failure of the capsule motor.
Interestingly enough, the clock was in the throes of major flicker due to the "Dark Effect." They say the Krypton-85 gas used to help start and maintain the ionization of the Neon gas has a half-life of 10 years. But I know we've got working neons much older than that. Not sure why.
In any event, I changed from orange to a green neon and really like the result.
Another strange thing was that apparently someone torqued a screw so hard that it broke off the head. I couldn't see it initially and had a terrible time trying to get the mechanism out. Had to drill down that screw eventually.
Well, it's a nice little clock that I picked up for a reasonable price recently.
The following images are screencaps of the completed video - which of course I would hope you'd consider watching on YouTube.
I though the mechanism looked familiar and indeed it is. It's the same mechanism that is used in many brands of windup flip clocks. In house I have a Bradley wind up and the mechanisms are exactly the same (of course, except for the Bradly having a wind up clock and the Westclox having a synchronous motor).
Speaking of which, it uses the General Time Corp M5 Capsule Motor. The same as what I called the "film clocks" but what the makers (Westclox) calls
"revolutionary tape digital clock" and
"quiet tape system with backlighted numerals"
In looking at many catalog pages from Clockhistory.com, I discovered that there were many, many more clocks using this tape digital clock than I ever imagined.
It seems Westclox was really pushing these types of clocks through the flip clock decade. I would imagine many failed - many more than any Copal, etc I'm sure because of the failure of the tape clock itself, loss of neon glow, and/or failure of the capsule motor.
Interestingly enough, the clock was in the throes of major flicker due to the "Dark Effect." They say the Krypton-85 gas used to help start and maintain the ionization of the Neon gas has a half-life of 10 years. But I know we've got working neons much older than that. Not sure why.
In any event, I changed from orange to a green neon and really like the result.
Another strange thing was that apparently someone torqued a screw so hard that it broke off the head. I couldn't see it initially and had a terrible time trying to get the mechanism out. Had to drill down that screw eventually.
Well, it's a nice little clock that I picked up for a reasonable price recently.
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