1975 GE Clock With A Display Twist
Added 2023-12-04 21:53:40 +0000 UTCAnother addition to the series of unusual digital displays, this General Electric bedside clock has its feet set in two different worlds. Lets take a closer look... and Enjoy!
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Something like that.
Fran Blanche
2023-12-05 18:19:13 +0000 UTCSingapore...
Fran Blanche
2023-12-05 18:18:49 +0000 UTCPennies on the dollar cheaper...
Fran Blanche
2023-12-05 18:18:18 +0000 UTCCan't help wondering if the odd segmentation was simply a graphic artist who didn't really understand how 7 segment displays work. I seem to recollect a lot of things in the 70s which were very poor approximations of something more technical, especially when trying to make very old technology pass for something newer.
Zygmunt Dean
2023-12-05 17:26:28 +0000 UTCVery clever mechanics. I'm sure it was hand-made back in the 70s and I'm sure it was made in Malaysia where labor was super-cheap in 1975.
Matt Wietlispach
2023-12-05 13:58:43 +0000 UTCIt's lovely. I enjoyed the neon lamp operation with the scalpel and forceps hehe
Motten
2023-12-04 23:49:41 +0000 UTCI must admit that for a few seconds I thought the numbers looked like a cool segmented led display, until I realised the 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9 from the thumbnail and first few seconds of the video all have different segments.
David Peaker
2023-12-04 23:14:30 +0000 UTCNice save of a fun piece of 1970s "hi tech"! Hard to believe there was a time that all of the gears and motors were cheaper to make than the digital display it was trying (not too hard) to emulate... Cheers from Canada!
Cold War Motors
2023-12-04 22:29:58 +0000 UTCI actually had that clock! Really clever the way they flip the tiles to get more numbers squeezed in there. I actually remember taking it apart when it finally died in the late 70’s I think.
C Genco
2023-12-04 22:26:51 +0000 UTC
