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1970s Decca ECR-150 Electronic Clock Radio with Green LED Display

Jon Nix — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:47:52 +0000

A fairly standard electronic clock radio from the 1970s, this is the Decca ECR-150 with all of the features you might expect from such a product of the time. What's appealing about this one is how it's delivered - in a silver housing with a forward facing display and a horizontal black panel with white labels containing most of the buttons, switches and other controls. "Space-age" is a dreadfully over-used term these days, but this certainly has a hint of it with the styling. The digital display is a very attractive green and this green is present also in the tuner section which illuminates when the radio is on.

There's a dimmer function (high/low!), a three band radio, treble/bass switch (it's either/or!), wake to buzzer or radio, a snooze function, and also a sleep function.

In good overall condition. Undoubtedly the silver plastic casing is less vibrant and less "metallic" than it once would have been and there are a few grazes to it and to the black control panel section. There are the remnants of a some attempts to "postcode" it along the right hand side and underneath - a surface etching, but nothing disastrously eye-catching! The only other things to note are a slight dent to the snooze button and that the time and alarm set buttons require a little bit of wiggling to engage. But these things aside, this is a good-looking item of its time in a clean and tidy condition.

Measures approximately 28cm (11 in.) across the front, 19cm (7½ in.) from front to back and has a maximum height of 7cm (2¾ in.)

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Toshiba CR1100 FM-AM Electronic Clock Radio Black Red LED Display

Jon Nix — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:47:26 +0000

Looking something akin to a glossy black wedge, this is the highly unusual Toshiba CR1100, which is a fairly standard digital clock radio with red LED display, except for those looks. It's probably the clock radio that Darth Vader would have by his bedside on the Death Star! You'll probably either love it or hate it, but you can't deny that it's bold and distinctive.

All the usual features are there, but the way in which they are presented is different: snooze and sleep functions, dimmable display, two-band radio, volume and tone dials, wake to alarm or radio. So it's really all about the appearance. Personally, I feel that photographs don't fully reflect how good this looks and don't really do it justice.

In good overall visual condition, notwithstanding that there are minor superficial scratches and signs of wear throughout (around the front panel function selector, for example), and that the piano black finish is prone to show up marks anyway. It has been function-tested and is currently on a UK three-pin plug.

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Vintage Jones Sewing Machine Co. Electronic Clock Radio ECR37

Jon Nix — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:45:17 +0000

A chance to buy a highly unusual item in exceptional condition, complete with original box and paperwork, this is the very snazzily-designed but rather tamely-named ECR37 made by Jones Sewing Machine Company. Yes, you read that right. Sewing Machine Company. Formed in 1860, the company made sewing machines right through to the 1980s under their own name and for others, whilst Brother of Japan formally took over the company in the late 1960s. So, this item is a slight conundrum for several reasons, notably because the eagle-eyed will have realised it's not a sewing machine, and because Brother don't seem to have made digital alarm clock radios. Puzzling.

In any event, there's more than a hint of space-age design to it - it's certainly bold in shape and style. The green LED digits, the protruding front section, the illuminated tuning display, and the complementary speaker grill and button panel design being the key elements to what makes this truly stand out from the crowd. It's unusual in so many ways.

It's in very good (possibly even completely unused) condition with funky orange and yellow box design featuring a couple enjoying some "snooze" time perhaps, and it comes with its original instruction manual. Find me another one!

Serious offers welcomed.

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