The Japanese Electric Grid and a little Seiko Flip Clock - The Seiko DP 690T

The Seiko DP 690T is an alarm flip clock made in Japan specifically for the Japanese market. The clock is a striking, yet simple, rectangular, small flip clock with bold red and black colors featuring the standard black tiles with white digits. The wheel shaped alarm selector can be found directly at the front of the clock and is rolled upward to set the desired alarm time. To set the alarm, the alarm selector on the top of the clock must be pressed so that it extends above the case of the clock, c...

If you frequent eBay looking for flip clocks, you've laid eyes on it - The 1950s era Tele-Vision clock. This clock, manufactured by the Pennwood Numechron Company, is actually a cyclometer type clock with rolling wheels displaying the time in digital form. This clock seems to have suffered from an identity crisis as it went by many names in the day. Firstly, the Tele-Vision clock was considered a "Numechron Tymeter" clock (a type of Pennwood Numechron Company clock) and designated as...

The Sony TFM-C450W FM/AM/WEATHER Flip Clock.

This cube shaped flip clock radio sports a round face highlighted with brushed aluminum and can be found with a black plastic or a wood-grain cabinet.
This Sony really packs in the electronics with the clock featuring a weather band as well as standard AM/FM. The clock started showing up in advertisements around 1974 and a newspaper advertisement shows it being offered for $24.95. This would be over $100 dollars in today's dollars....

Seth Thomas Speed Read Cube Lite
Model 0854-000

The Seth Thomas clock company produced a number of elegant and stylish flip clocks in the 1970s with many of these being made in Japan. But one of the most quirky would have to be the Seth Thomas Speed Read Cube Lite. The clock shape is nearly a perfect cube with a circular face and the "Seth Thomas" name appearing prominently under the clock digits. The clock came in 4 colors identified on the name plate with a corresponding...

The Copal Model 702 - Flip clock alarm featuring glass front and bronze or gold anodized aluminum wrap around case. The clock can be found in print advertising from 1973 and was priced from $16.99 to $25.95 with a manufactures suggested retail price of $34.95. The clock could be found on the shelves around the time the Copal Model 222 was available. Because the case is entirely aluminum and glass, it feels heavy in the hand although it only weighs in at about 1.8 lbs. The white on black di...

Caslon MiniMod Digital Clock First seen in advertising November 15, 1972 the Calson MiniMod was priced from $7.88 to $11.99 (equivalent to $46.29 to $70.43 in 2017 dollars). By 1973 you could find the clock priced at $5.99 ($34.03 in 2017) The Caslon MiniMod has no other features besides the flip clock. The clock's advertised dimensions are 5 1/4 inches wide, 3 3/4 inches tall and 3 1/4 inches deep. This is close enough to the actual measures, but the clock's shape does not lend itself to be...

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The Copal Model 705L - a black light flip clock alarm with an anodized aluminum wrap around case, plastic end pieces and knobs. Availability: The clock comes up on the auction sites very rarely but when you see it, it will get your attention. Sellers on eBay have been noted to indicate that it may be made of copper or bronze, but a little research, testing and observation at FlipClockFans studios clearly shows this clock to be bronze electrolytic colorized anodized aluminum. Features: The c...

The Elgin Drum Clock or Cylinder Clock surely catches the eye for it's very unusual time keeping method. This vintage, space age clock uses stacked wheels to tell the hours, minutes and alarm setting which are housed in a clear plastic cylinder (or drum-shaped) housing. While the Elgin name can be found on numerous clocks including desk and wall clocks, these are not associated with the Elgin Watch Company (also known as Elgin National Watch Company) which operated out of Elgin, Illinois from 1864 ...

The Sunbeam Beer Barrel Alarm Flip Clock The Beer Barrel flip clock, evidently model (catalogue number) 85-115 is a bit of a mystery. You won't find many (or any online) and it comes with no explanation. It's just a flip clock .... that looks like a tapped wooden beer barrel. The clock is an alarm flip clock and by the looks of the internals, was a relatively early flip clock (due to the presence of a neon glow bulb. What can you say? It's designed well - it looks like what it's supposed to be...

The Westclox Direct Reading Dialite - a quirkly little cyclometer from the late 60s. You'll find the Westclox Direct Reading Dialite on eBay from time to time, and it's sure to catch your eye with the hour spelled out but the minutes displayed in numerals. It really begs the question, why? Perhaps the designer just wanted to be different. Or maybe it was a psychological trick to confuse the brain and make time reading more difficult, for some unknown reason. Who knows. But it was just so different, here at FlipClockFans.com we had t...

The New Haven Time Flip Clock It was the 1930s - The era of the Great Depression, when the New Haven Clock Company produced an early version of a true flip clock - the New Haven "Time Flip," "Time at a Glance" clock. The New Haven Clock Company operated out of New Haven, Connecticut from 1853-1960. Over the more than one century of its existance, the well known clock company produced many varieties of table, wall and mantle clocks, including elaborate chime clocks, and later, even pocket watches. During the 1930s masters of the arts...

The Copal Caslon 101 - Japan's first digital clock was introduced to the world in 1965 by the Copal Company, Ltd. Known as The Nidec Copal Corporation since 1998, the company began operation in 1946, with the production of photographic shutters which persist as one of the company's best-known products. The company remains a well established manufacturer of optical, electronic and mechanical equipment, still, primarily for the photographic industry. The designer of the Copal Calson 101 was the wo...

The Coca Cola Flip Clock Sign - It's the Real Thing! Produced sometime between 1969 and 1973 (see "Manufacturing Details" below for how we came to this best guess), the Coca Cola flip clock sign features an over-sized, white Caslon flip clock set within translucent, cola brown plastic and prominently featuring an iconic red Coca Cola square logo. The clock was originally an integral part of a larger display. This particular clock was discovered on eBay and had numerous cracks and showed signs of at...

The Molson Beer Sign Flip Clock - Very rarely seen, the Molson Beer Sign Flip clock holds interest for both those interested in breweriana as well as flip clock fans. The sign was designed and producted by Display Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This company is still in business and known as DCI Marketing, Inc. What is now known as Molson Coors Brewing Company, brewers of both Molson brands and Coors, is historically linked to Canada's oldest beer brewery founded on the banks of the St. L...