The Caslon 201 - Perhaps the first commercially successful flip clock in the US

The Calson 201 by Copal Japan While advertisements for flip clocks and especially flip clock radios exploded between 1970 and 1975, there were almost none prior to the 70s. None except for this little, simple yet elegant flip clock called the Caslon 201. While there were other first tries (the Caslon 101) it was the model 201 that seems to have made the first appearance in newspapers as early as 1966! This was the same year that the famous Solari Udine Cifra 3 was released! This surprised me, as...

Clock Name: Panasonic RC-7053 Common Name: The Ellsworth Brand: Panasonic Model Number: RC-7053 Type: FM/AM day-digital clock radio flip clock Manufacturer: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) Country of Manufacture: Japan Year of release: 1973 (seen in print ads from 1973-1976) photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience. Your comments at...

Clock Name: Panasonic RC-6003 Digital Clock Radio - The Vernon Common Name: The No Country for Old Men Flip Clock Brand: Panasonic Model Number: RC-6003 Type: Flip Clock FM-AM Clock Radio Alarm Manufacturer: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., LTD (Panasonic) Country of Manufacture: Japan Year of release: 1973 (in print ads up to 1976) photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience. Your comments...

Clock Name: Caslon 201 Common Name: The Caslon Digital Electric Desk Clock Brand: Caslon Model Number: 201 Type: Digital Clock Manufacturer: Copal Country of Manufature: Japan Year of release: 1966 (seen in print advertising from 1966-1973) Imported by: Ropat, Box 2662, Culver City, CA. photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience. Your comments at t...

Clock Name: Panasonic AM/FM Digital Clock Alarm Radio Common Name: The Groundhog Day Flip Clock Brand: Panasonic Model Number: RC-6025 Type: flip clock, alarm, radio Manufacturer: Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd. Country of Manufature: Japan Year of release: 1976 photo credit You are viewing a entry in the Flip Clock Catalogue - An ongoing effort to provide details about flip clocks gathered from internet sources and personal experience.Your comments at the end of this article can ad...

Something Unique for your pleasure The SONY SOLID STATE Portable DIGIMATIC TELEVISION Featuring - Loop antenna for UHF, earphone - Automatic TV ON/OFF (sleep switch) 14 hour alarm - DIGITAL CLOCK - Snap IN/OUT Smoke Filter - Wood Cabinet An Impressive Gift .... and ... It can be yours if you shop on Etsy.com The Sony Digimatic Television with Digital Clock (Model number TVC-111U) made an appearance as early as 1969 as can be seen from an advertisement from The Los Angeles Times (27 Nov 19...

Jumphour watches - the flip clock of digital watches? The 1960s and 70s saw the rise of the "jumphour" watches - watches with normal internal movements but with rotating discs displaying digits instead of hands. The watches were an less expensive alternative to the fancy new-fangled electronic digital watches that were coming into fashion (if you can call those clunky watches fashion). The watches were commonly called "jump hour" due to the quick switching of the hour disc, reminiscent of flip clo...

The Elementary Flip Clock Elementary, first airing September 27, 2012, is an American drama series produced by CBS featuring Sherlock Holmes (Johnny Lee Miller) who has left London and now lives in modern day Manhattan. Holmes, who has sworn off intoxicants, now serves as police consultant in New York City with his living companion, Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). Watson is a former surgeon who gave up practice after losing a patient and who's life work (outside of helping Sherlock solve crimes) revol...

The Knowing Flip Clock
As appears in the 2009 Nicholas Cage Movie "Knowing"

Movie Synopsis: Fifty years after it was buried in a elementary school time capsule, a schoolgirl's number filled sheet of paper, written under the influence of mysterious, whispering beings, finds it way into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of M.I.T. professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John comes to realize that the encoded message accurately lists every major...

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Anyone who has ever opened up one of the older, vintage flip clocks has seen them. The orange neon glow bulbs (or lamps as many call them). Unfortunately, if you're opening up a flip clock to restore or repair it, that "orange" lamp is probably no longer lit, and likely, the bulb is blackened. So, one of the most common questions among flip clock fans is ... "where do I get one of those orange bulbs?" ...

Collectors of flip clocks world wide may run in to a little difficulty in trying to pronounce the name of the "Holy Grail of Flip Clocks" - the Solari Udine Cifra 3. In an effort to help us out, a native Italian speaker was hired (see below). Honestly, no matter how you say it, the Cifra 3 remains one of the world's most appreciated flip clocks. Take the time to try to pronounce "Solari Udine Cifra 3" then test yourself against the following. How to properly pronounce Solari Undine Cifra 3 ...

Fans of flip clocks in movies and on TV and fans of "The Sopranos" alike often seek what can be called The Sopranos Flip Clock. The Sopranos is a crime saga television series which premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999, and ran until June 10, 2007. Consisting of six seasons with a total of 86 episodes, the series spotlights the fictional Italian American mobster, Anthony "Tony" Soprano (James Gandolfini) in New Jersey. The series features Tony's family members, his rivals, mafia colleagues includ...

The mystery has been solved. Those who collect flip clocks that have appeared in the movies or on TV now can put a model number to an obscure TV flip clock that appeared on "Fringe" in 2011. Fringe is a TV series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci that premiered on September 9, 2008, and lasted 5 seasons, concluding on January 18, 2013 after 100 episodes. The series revolves around Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), and Walter Bishop (John Noble), who...

How many scenes did the flip clock appear in the Movie Groundhog Day? and other factoids.

Flip clock fans world wide are well acquainted with the famous "Grounghog Day" flip clock. The Panasonic RC-6025. This simple, white, AM-FM radio alarm flip clock was Panasonic's budget clock. This lowest price flip clock now fetches prices from 150 to 300 US dollars on eBay and remains the most sought after clock due to it's prominence in one of the most beloved of Bill Murray's movies,...

While the fascination with flip clocks may have had its beginning in North America, flip clock fans can now be found the world over. The problem for collectors of these clocks outside of the United States and Canada is that many of these clocks will not work properly in their countries because of the differences in the electrical systems. You see, while the United States uses an electrical system consisting of 110 to 120 volts running at 60 hertz, most of the world uses a higher voltage, 220 ...