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    Flip clock with advertising panel & lights

    I'm new here. I know nothing about flip clocks, the lingo, or brands. I started searching online for a clock that was in a local restaurant when I was a kid in the early 80s. I found nothing similar, but the search led me here.

    It was a wall clock that had a separate panel to the right of the clock that had ads for local businesses. My memory of it is pretty hazy, but I think the ad panels were somewhere around 6 inches wide by 4 inches tall. They flipped over every 30 seconds or minute. And it had lights that lit the ad panels. Probably neon. I honestly don't remember much about the clock itself. Anyone seen anything like that?

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    The only thing I've seen like that can be seen in the movie below at about 1:20

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      The one that comes to mind is called the Action Ad Clock (made by Electric Ad Clock Company) Comes in a couple configurations with the clock either on the left or right side. They show up on ebay occasionally. See the video below for the flip version in action.

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        #4
        That's pretty flippin crazy. Thanks for posting that.
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          #5
          You mean something like this? This was mine, New Old Stock. I sold it though. It was too big and could use the funds to buy some smaller clocks :-)

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            #6
            This was yours? Someone trying to sell one of these for big money on eBay
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              #7
              Yep, that was mine! Wow, did not expect to see that one come up for sale so quickly and especially not for such a price.....

              Good luck with that sale! Just for the record, it is actually unused, just tested. It was brand new in its original box when I received it.

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