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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Live Television Disaster - Timex Took a Licking and Ended Up Missing

John Cameron Swayze's Timex demonstration mishap on live television circa 1960. Note Mr. Swayze's face when looking at the blade.

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And a few more vintage spots below including a live dolphin licking/ticking test and hidden at the end of this reel (the spot after the Heinz pickles ad) is...well, I'll just say one very scary word. Mimes.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Translation Lost - Brad Pitt Japanese Rolex Commercial

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I hope they gave Mr. Pitt as thorough stage directions Bill Murray received in Lost In Translation (as shown below).

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See also;
1970s Timex Commercial Collection
1960s Timex "Underwater Dating"
1978 Texas Instruments
1961 Bulova Accutron
Laser Beam Wristwatch
A New Age in Quartz
1940s Jam Handy for Hamilton
1970s Seiko Memory Bank
1940's Conquer by the Clock

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Satellite Telephone Wristwatches of 1979

A cell phone vision from the 1979 book "Future Cities - Homes & Living into the 21st Century". Page 12 foreshadows a telephone wristwatch (they even speculate the nickname "The Risto") connected by satellites and capable of electronic mail and most surprisingly, electronic voting. All activated by pressing the aerial pop-out button!

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Cover of the book