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  • Mackey
    Administrator
    • Feb 2014
    • 3693
    • United States [US]

    #91
    Finally found a flip clock in the original Hawaii Five-O TV show in Season 9 Episode 1 - "Nine Dragons"
    The clock can be found on the desk of D.W. Blake - Chief Superintendent of the United Kingdom CID (Central Intelligence Division) in Hong Kong in 1976 (played by David Tomlinson - most notable for being in the movie, Mary Poppins).
    The clock is a Tokyo Tokei "Bell Alarm Clock."

    Tokyo Tokei brand was owned by the Tokyo Watch manufacturing Co. in (which arose in 1951) and was backed by the Orient Watch company in 1975 and onward. In 1983 Orient Watch company faltered and in 1984 Tokyo Tokei was liquidated.
    The word "tokei" means clock or watch in Japanese. The symbols used in Japanese for tokei are 時計 and consists of the symbols for "time" and "measure.

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    • clock-flip
      Member
      • Apr 2023
      • 13

      #92
      In "Goodfellas" there is this flip clock visible at ~1:15:15, not sure on the model though.
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      • Mackey
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        Maybe the Copal 701 in white?
    • sakukas
      Vintage Member
      • Dec 2024
      • 35
      • Germany [DE]

      #93
      Hello,

      I noticed a flip clock in the film "Quiet Earth" (https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0089869/ ).

      The clock is seen in the first minutes of the film when Zac Hobson awakens and realizes that the world around him has changed.

      It seems to me to be a (battery-operated) Seiko QN401T with a black case. That fits, too, since no cable can be seen in the film.

      Best wishes,
      Sascha

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      • sakukas
        Vintage Member
        • Dec 2024
        • 35
        • Germany [DE]

        #94
        Hello,
        during a retro TV evening while watching Outer Limits Season 1 I saw this clock. I can't say which model it is. On the right is probably a switch for the alarm? ON OFF AUTO
        Best wishes
        Sascha

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        The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 18 "The Message"

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        • Johan de Jong
          Flip Clock Fan
          • Nov 2020
          • 1048
          • Netherlands [NL]

          #95
          This Beautiful Fantastic is a British romantic drama film from 2016 that features a Twemco BQ-58 rebranded as "Grayson".

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          The movie is about a young lady with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. The role of the large digital clock is of course to show us her obsession with time.



          Around 15 minutes in the movie there is a closeup that reveals the branding:

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          Grayson is located in Kent UK and has been manufacturing, installing and servicing clocks since 1822 (https://www.graysonclocks.com).
          The clock looks to me like a rebranded Twemco-BQ58, although one little detail struck me: the little blinking LED is in a different position. Maybe there have been slight variations of this clock over time.

          Good film btw, worth seeing, although it may be a bit too sweet to some peoples taste.

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          • CanClock
            Clockkeeper
            • Mar 2025
            • 78
            • Canada [CA]

            #96
            Hi everyone, I was watching "In the Shadow of the Moon" (2019) and saw this flip clock near the beginning of the film!
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            • sakukas
              Vintage Member
              • Dec 2024
              • 35
              • Germany [DE]

              #97
              Hi
              "Major Payne" 1995 MInute 29:55

              General Electric
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              Best wishes
              Sascha
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              • Mackey
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                This is the GE 7-4310F
            • CanClock
              Clockkeeper
              • Mar 2025
              • 78
              • Canada [CA]

              #98
              Panasonic RC-6253 in the television series "The Bear"

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              • clock-flip
                Member
                • Apr 2023
                • 13

                #99
                Today I found out there's actually another flip clock in "no country for old men" @1:14.07~ in the same scene with the Panasonic RC-6003 there is a Panasonic RC-6236.

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                • CanClock
                  Clockkeeper
                  • Mar 2025
                  • 78
                  • Canada [CA]

                  #100
                  First season of Fargo: Longines Symphonette LCR 220 Flip Clock

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                  • Mackey
                    Administrator
                    • Feb 2014
                    • 3693
                    • United States [US]

                    #101
                    Originally posted by CanClock
                    First season of Fargo: Longines Symphonette LCR 220 Flip Clock
                    I found it. S1E1 about 39 mins in. I had to get a closer look because I'm going to pick one up.
                    Thanks CanClock

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                    • CanClock
                      Clockkeeper
                      • Mar 2025
                      • 78
                      • Canada [CA]

                      #102
                      Originally posted by Mackey

                      I found it. S1E1 about 39 mins in. I had to get a closer look because I'm going to pick one up.
                      Thanks CanClock

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                      You're very welcome! I hope you can make a video about it

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                      • Mackey
                        Administrator
                        • Feb 2014
                        • 3693
                        • United States [US]

                        #103
                        Originally posted by CanClock

                        You're very welcome! I hope you can make a video about it
                        Video has been made with credit to you! Watch on YouTube
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                        • vultures
                          New Member
                          • Mar 2026
                          • 1
                          • United States [US]

                          #104
                          here's a flipclock from one of my favorite films chungking express (wong kar-wai, 1994)
                          TWEMCO Calendar Wall Flip Clock BQ-17


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                          • sakukas
                            Vintage Member
                            • Dec 2024
                            • 35
                            • Germany [DE]

                            #105
                            Hey guys,
                            yet another flip clock in a movie at minute 00:17:35 :

                            Tom Raider (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365519/

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