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- CIRCA - 1959
- MANUFACTURER - Esco, West Germany
- DISTRIBUTOR - Masal Co., Inc. NY
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- SIZE - 2.5" x 7.75" (card)
- 6-5/8" Long (watch)
- PRICE GUIDE - $30.00-$50.00 EX-NM
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This
Animation Wrist Action Dial Watch was
made in West Germany by the Esco
company, copyrighted, and distributed by the Masal
Co. Inc. of New York, NY. The "action
dial" features a Vari-vue flicker panel
(lenticular lens) of a baseball player
swinging a bat. "Move The Watch" and
"Watch Them Move" as it read on the
vending card. The toy wrist watches
that measure 6-5/8 inches long, and
were not made to tell time. Other
"animated watches" made are pictured on
the card, which includes; a clown, boy
with a hula-hoop, cowboy, cat, dog,
birds, soccer, and boxers.
Lenticular technology was invented and
popularized by the Vari-Vue company
back in the 1930's. Made available in
gumball machines during the 1950s
VariVue Flicker Rings became the
rage. By the 1960's, VariVue started to license its
lenticular imaging technology to key
major printing companies around the
world. Licenses were granted to
companies in Mexico, Switzerland,
Spain, Italy, Japan, Indonesia,
Singapore, and Germany, where this
watch was made.
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