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Mickey Mantle Keno
Style 6 Alarm
Clock |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1980's/1990's
(Fantasy)
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MANUFACTURER
- General Time Corp.
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SIZE
- Clock
Dial 3.75″
diameter, 4.25"
tall
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PRICE GUIDE
- $35.00-$50.00
Excellent - Near Mint condition
Value reflects
inflated prices due
to the clocks being
listed as vintage
or and original.
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
Additional
information Provided
by:
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The Westclox Big Ben alarm
clock was first sold in 1909, the Baby
Ben in 1910, and both had evolved
through many case and movement changes
through the years. Westclox and its
predecessor companies the Western Clock
Co., Western Clock Mfg. Co. and United
Clock Co. of LaSalle-Peru Illinois was
established in 1885, and "Waking up
America" until 2001. "Bingo style" & "Keno
style," Keywound alarm
clocks were issued by Westclox through
the
1970's, and into the 1980's. A series
of about 8 baseball player themed
Westclox alarm clocks were turned into
'Fantasy Pieces' and hit the
market sometime in the mid 1980's to
the 1990s.
The players pictured on the dials of the Alarm clocks include: Babe Ruth,
Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Willie
Mays, Pete Rose, Roberto Clemente, Hank
Aaron, Fred Lynn, and Reggie Jackson. Fantasy
Wrist and pocket watches were also
produced.
The Keno style 6 alarm clocks, were made in the 1970s but not shown in
catalogs. Keno models are shown in
later catalogs, circa 1981 and on. The
first Bingo style (1) was a leg-model
bell-back alarm clock similar to the
Big Ben. The style 2 Bingo was an
inexpensive alarm clock, and was made
until 1957. A plastic cased Bingo style
3 was made from 1962 - 1979.
Indications that these clocks are fantasy pieces: There is
no catalogs that feature the Baseball
Player themed clocks. Major League
baseball is extremely strict with
licensed products. Starting in 1969,
the official MLB logo had to be placed
on all licensed products. This is why
even with items licensed by the MLBPA
-players association, if MLB doesn't
get their cut, the team emblems are
airbrushed out. All the team emblems
are present on these clocks. The "Westclox"
brand name does not appear on the dial
on the fantasy clocks, as with all
other clock manufactured by the
Westclox company.
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1980's-1990's Westclox
Baseball Player Alarm Clock |
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Westclox Baseball Player
Alarm Clock Back |
Westclox Baseball Player
Alarm Clock Bottom |
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Bingo Style 3 Westclox Alarm Clock |
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Clemente
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