Behold "The first cordless Digital Clock in the world."**
I just got this from a eBay seller. It is my first battery powered flip clock.
Marketed by Endura Time Corp, I couldn't find much info on them. The clock is marked Japan, and the electric motor is labeled "Tokyo Clock."
There is no date coding like found on Copals, so I am unsure of the year.
It ticks rather loudly, and has no alarm, so it is probably intended to be a desk clock. My guess is it was a gift to travel agents from Pan Am.
Came with part of its original packaging and appears to have been hardly used. I had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised when I popped the battery in, pulled the knob and it started ticking. It is a mechanical escapement clock mechanism that uses a little electric motor to wind the spring approximately every 5 minutes. It uses one "Flashlight Battery" or what we now call a D cell.
Jeremy
**Manufacturers claim.
I just got this from a eBay seller. It is my first battery powered flip clock.
Marketed by Endura Time Corp, I couldn't find much info on them. The clock is marked Japan, and the electric motor is labeled "Tokyo Clock."
There is no date coding like found on Copals, so I am unsure of the year.
It ticks rather loudly, and has no alarm, so it is probably intended to be a desk clock. My guess is it was a gift to travel agents from Pan Am.
Came with part of its original packaging and appears to have been hardly used. I had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised when I popped the battery in, pulled the knob and it started ticking. It is a mechanical escapement clock mechanism that uses a little electric motor to wind the spring approximately every 5 minutes. It uses one "Flashlight Battery" or what we now call a D cell.
Jeremy
**Manufacturers claim.
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