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Jedirick
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| Ironically it was at exactly the same time! I worked in a large mall for a few years 73-76 and watches, pet rocks and chia were serious stuff along with mood rings, pong, disco... |
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Noeland
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Hate to differ but i am almost 100% sure the dual face watch was a found object. I checked my stuff and don't have pictures but am just about positive someone on the RPF posted name brand and picture of one on eBay. |
Now that you mention it, I remember that thread as well, so you're not alone. I may have saved the photos, the problem is my library of BR digital pics is in the thousands, so scrolling through them all takes a long time. 
But hey, got the weekend off so I might take the time to do so. |
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Jedirick
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Goodie!
IIRC one image had picture of the watch in it's box with the paperwork sticking up.
I want to say the brand of the watch started with "L" but hate to press that far. I was sure i have saved images as well. I have about 600 but broken down into subfiles. No luck so far.  |
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IGNITERS
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: and they're off! |
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I'm waiting on the solution to this one as I persue it ...
the only way to find the answers is to ask for directions...
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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On the first scan through the BR files on this HD I haven't found the pictures of the watch.
The box sounds right too. Damn. I hope someone can repost those if we can't!  |
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Just finished looking through all files including the Wacky Chimp CD
Nuttin! Nada! Going to go rest my eyes. |
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I'd guess that somebody took two 1970s-era digital watches (Pulsar? Armitron? Cheap knockoff?), removed the bands, and put the watches together head to head. You can see that there seems to be a button or stem on each watch that faces in opposite directions.
Here's a current "retro look" cheap red LED digital watch that is similar in appearance (but not a whole lot)
http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/LEDWATCH/Retro-LED-Watch.html
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Here is the mother of all LED watches list.
They have photo pages for hundreds of watches. I checked about 2 dozen possibles.
Somebody wanna take a section and look at each image? I figure I've looked at over 1200 images tonite and I'm done in.
http://www.ledwatches.net/index.html |
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Noeland
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Can't find them either. But dammit I remember that thread! 
I did find a "ricoh" model watch that I felt resembled it enough to follow "ricoh" as a lead.
http://henwatch.hp.infoseek.co.jp/web6lerich2.html |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I miss working at the thrift store. I used to find watches like that all the time but because they didn't work they usually got tossed. I got a lot of cool stuff working their to potentially make props out of. |
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Even if we find a single face watch of same style/design/brand we are further along the trail. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: the auction place... |
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yup I am watchin ( no pun intended) a couple auctions now that have faces that are close.....I will try to post photos ...
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I went back to the rpf and did a pretty exstensive search for the thread with the watch pictures and never found the sucker. If memory serves though, the pictures cropped up in a blaster thread, or a costume thread, and I searched every forum for several keywords and never got lucky.
perhaps the BRmafia is involved . . . .  
But here is to hoping that someone find it!!
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I'm pretty sure the pic where the watch is in a display box was fan made. I can't find the pic on my harddrive yet but I'll keep searching.
If I remember right the paper insert had a pic of bryant on it even.
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here it is...I will upload it to PS for long term reference...
Love the Dick Tracy like Graphics  |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| nickdaring wrote: | I'm pretty sure the pic where the watch is in a display box was fan made. I can't find the pic on my harddrive yet but I'll keep searching.
If I remember right the paper insert had a pic of Bryant on it even.
Nick |
Thanks nick. For some odd reason I seem to remeber discussionnabout one popping up on ebay every now and then...however, that may have been reference to watches used to make the replica in the picture. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: sorta LOOKS LIKE THIS |
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hope this helps with the search... |
I fixed tour image tag thingys. had the same trouble when i first uploaded here. You have to use the menu bar "IMG" button above where post is composed. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen that picture (2nd one) of the fan watch on a prop site way back when. IIRC it is on the same site as the one Andy shows with the Bryant illustration.
Not as accurate as the boxed watch I saw. I swear it was dead-on and getting more accurrate by the minute!  |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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these Hamilton watches actually come pretty close...
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