Hello flip clock faaaaaans !
(if you read this with a robotic voice in your head I succeeded in my Mackey impression)
Patapata Man here.
I just got a "Tokyo Clock" clock for about $25 and I realized these clocks are right under the spotlight with the Hawaiian thread.
Just so you keep your expectations low, I know nothing about the history, model number and other technical info or trivia...but I opened it up and have some pics for you my flip friends!
First some bedside table pics
Mmmh, orange glow!
Let's have a look inside. These are some long and curved fingers ...ah what do you call these again?
anyway, I noticed that the tab that holds the hour tile so it falls right with the 00 minute tile is only pushed by extensions of the minute tiles. In copal clocks there would be a ramp on the main axis as well to initiate the lateral movement of that tab.
Here is a closer look at the 55 minute tile extension (probably not the right word) starting to push the tab towards the hour tile:
here are some gear pics for you, setting knob side:
and this is the motor, not a copal II obviously.
The alarm sounds just like a generic, awful copal alarm.
I quite like the overall look of that clock, but I assumed it was 24h because it didn't have any am or pm markings on the tiles. Having the real thing in my hands I realized it is just a 12h clock and am or pm is determined by you looking outside the window to see if it's bright outside. It is for the Japanese market after all, so it was a mistake to think it would be 24h to begin with.
I do not like so much that the tiles are quite tilted towards the back and the gap between the upper and lower part of the tile that that angle creates.
Still quite happy with that clock, it. was the first time I saw that model.
Ok, I've gotta go, that's it for now.
(if you read this with a robotic voice in your head I succeeded in my Mackey impression)
Patapata Man here.
I just got a "Tokyo Clock" clock for about $25 and I realized these clocks are right under the spotlight with the Hawaiian thread.
Just so you keep your expectations low, I know nothing about the history, model number and other technical info or trivia...but I opened it up and have some pics for you my flip friends!
First some bedside table pics
Mmmh, orange glow!
Let's have a look inside. These are some long and curved fingers ...ah what do you call these again?
anyway, I noticed that the tab that holds the hour tile so it falls right with the 00 minute tile is only pushed by extensions of the minute tiles. In copal clocks there would be a ramp on the main axis as well to initiate the lateral movement of that tab.
Here is a closer look at the 55 minute tile extension (probably not the right word) starting to push the tab towards the hour tile:
here are some gear pics for you, setting knob side:
and this is the motor, not a copal II obviously.
The alarm sounds just like a generic, awful copal alarm.
I quite like the overall look of that clock, but I assumed it was 24h because it didn't have any am or pm markings on the tiles. Having the real thing in my hands I realized it is just a 12h clock and am or pm is determined by you looking outside the window to see if it's bright outside. It is for the Japanese market after all, so it was a mistake to think it would be 24h to begin with.
I do not like so much that the tiles are quite tilted towards the back and the gap between the upper and lower part of the tile that that angle creates.
Still quite happy with that clock, it. was the first time I saw that model.
Ok, I've gotta go, that's it for now.
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