Do you remember these old time clock radios?

I had one of these.

I never left home without my transistor radio

As a ten year old I possessed the acute hearing ability to notice the flipping each 60 seconds of the mechanism - doubt I could hear it now. Mine was a Sony, brother's was a Panasonic.

I had one very similar to OP’s. I schlepped it to undergrad school, grad school, and in various moves for about twenty years thereafter. At just about the time it would have become retro-trendy, I awoke one night to its shrieking. Digits wouldn’t flip. Until that point it was more dependable than most of my relationships.

r2=Tracy Turnblad

I had the first iPhone from 2007.

I have one in the back room of my house. Still works and keeps time very well.

Wasn't that type of clock used in Bill Murray's Groundhog Day?

[quote] Didn't the numbers flipping over make a racket all night?

I imagine clocks were the first noise machines that could help people to go to sleep.

Not only do I remember that radio OP, I still have one. Still works like a charm.

Rain lamp

Clock under glass

No, I am 32.

[quote]No, I am 32.

and most certainly look much younger!

Well, obviously, yes.

A sundial, honey. Still works like a charm.

Magnetic sculptures - Acrobats

I have a Art-Deco mantel clock made of onyx and bronze, that needs to be wound every week. I did have an old clock-radio like that, though. I also have a wall clock with a commemorative plaque celebrating my beloved Aunt Lil, which I need to get restored. I had my Dad's retirement clock restored several years ago, but gave that to my brother.

I have a serious problem with time......I stopped counting at 307 clocks in my tiny home

I had one and I don't remember the flipping plastic bits making much noise at all. Of course, I was a teenager and slept with my headphones on listening to music for most of that time. The best thing about the clock was that you could wake up to an alarm, the radio or both.

One morning I woke up to hear there had been a nuclear "incident" at Three Mile Island. I wouldn't eat Hershey's chocolate for years after that.

Growing up, there always seemed to be foil adorning our tv antenna.

My older brother saved money from his paper route to buy a clock radio like the one on OPs picture. It was brand new on the market. I’d love to know now how much he paid for it back then. $50?

We actually sat and stared at the little numbers flipping each minute. So cool! This was before smartphones, kids.

By the time I got my first clock radio it was digital and no big deal.

My husband had one of these in his car years ago. He was so cheap he would only buy base model of cars. It didn’t come with a clock. I bought this stick-on. Problem was, you couldn’t see it in the dark.

Clock pen

Calculator watch

Remember these?

I had one of the first iPods. It broke within 10 minutes of me taking it for a run. No surprise, since it had a spinning hard drive. Easily got it replaced since it was on warranty, but it pretty much lost its charm after that. It was expensive! Maybe 300, 400?

I had a K-tel Patty stacker

I have this one in white. I think my father brought it home from Japan, maybe in the 70s. Love it.

I had this cool little AM transistor radio with a built in flashlight; the best part was that it was rechargeable. It had a plug built right into the back and you just flipped it down and plugged it in, no adapter, no cord. And it lasted forever. I think my parents gave it to me for Christmas when I was 8 and I took it to college and used it until it made a funny noise and a slight odor of burning electronics when I plugged it in. It was Japanese-made and sealed-case design, and I can't believe the battery lasted for nearly 15 years with constant use.

Betamax. We bet and lost.

[quote]Didn't the numbers flipping over make a racket all night?

Yes. I could never have one of those radios.

R11 I think those are called Anniversary Clocks. My brother had a digital clock but instead of the numbers flipping, they rolled over every minute. The seconds kept rolling too, and you could hear the motor humming.

[quote]Didn't the numbers flipping over make a racket all night?

No, they were silent.

But I had one of these and little Noddy's (bottom left) head went up and down as it tick-tocked. I used to put it in the bathroom.

I don't remember them, but I live in the present too.

I saw this thing at my friend Glennie’s apartment.

r35 It was part of her audition for "Days of Our Lives."

This is the modern version of the old flipping number clock available at Amazon. I like it. I think I will order it.

"What other old time things did you have?"

All of them.

I had an alarm clock just like Joan Crawford's at the start of Mommie Dearest.

[quote] What other old time things did you have?

I have this very crock pot I purchased in the early 80's and it still works like a charm. I love it much better than my fancy new crock pots.

Growing up (60s and 70s) I had an old vacuum tube radio, very similar to this one, and it still worked. It was from one of my grandmothers.

We ***J U S T*** did this thread

[quote] I saw this thing at my friend Glennie’s apartment.

She looks at it, weeps and wonders where the time went

r40 killed Milo Ventimiglia!!!

I have my mother's KitchenAid mixer that she got as a wedding gift in 1949. Still works, although I have my own that's from the '70s (in harvest gold, of course.)

I still have mine bitches!

Eldergay thread alert.

I just know some of you 'Queens of Kitsch' remember these!

[quote]I imagine clocks were the first noise machines that could help people to go to sleep.

That sort of noise isn’t really white noise though.

[quote]We ***J U S T*** did this thread

So what r42 - what's the problem ??

Yeah, R42 - YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS !!

Any kind of wound clock puts me to sleep. Even cuckoo clocks. A grandfather clock in a resonant hallway is heaven.

Paired with rain, I'm out.

For you r8.