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Stewart A
·I proudly submit for consideration the 1993 Vintage Plastic "Barney The Dinosaur" Alarm Clock.
I Love you, you love me....
OOOPS, wrong Barney...
🙄Let’s Find the Best Travel Alarm. (Contest)
I Love you, you love me....
OOOPS, wrong Barney...
🙄
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...
Sorry...no scale. Its about 2.5 inches x 2.5 inches x 1 inch or there abouts.
have fun
kfw
interesting time period... 😉
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pdxleaf
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Isn't this the image that pops in your mind when you hear travel alarm clock?
This little Linden would make you turn the car around and miss your flight if you forgot it in the hotel.
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Evitzee
·Obviously most people think of affordable alarm clocks that can take a relative beating during travel and serving their function. But think about the wealthy travellers of the past, they didn't schlep their own baggage and often travelled the world with a few steamer trunks packed with the sort of luxury goods they were accustomed to at home. Here is a Leroy humpback carriage clock ca 1900 with an alarm which is set on the small porcelain dial on the backside of the movement accessed by opening the back door. It also is a quarter repeater on demand by pushing the button on the top of the case so if the owner woke up during the night he/she could push the button and know the time within 15 minutes. Complete with its original leather travel case, I've had this for about 25 years. No travelling with it but it is a nice example of how wealthy people roamed the world in centuries past.
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8100_RPM
·You could bring one of these as it could also provide you with emotional support on the plane. 🙄
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DaveK
·Obviously most people think of affordable alarm clocks that can take a relative beating during travel and serving their function. But think about the wealthy travellers of the past, they didn't schlep their own baggage and often travelled the world with a few steamer trunks packed with the sort of luxury goods they were accustomed to at home. Here is a Leroy humpback carriage clock ca 1900 with an alarm which is set on the small porcelain dial on the backside of the movement accessed by opening the back door. It also is a quarter repeater on demand by pushing the button on the top of the case so if the owner woke up during the night he/she could push the button and know the time within 15 minutes. Complete with its original leather travel case, I've had this for about 25 years. No travelling with it but it is a nice example of how wealthy people roamed the world in centuries past.
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Mad Dog
·Well...back in 1986 at Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School [AOCS] in Pensacola, Florida...the United States Marine Corps Drill Instructors did a pretty good job of being the best travel alarms...
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Well...back in 1986 at Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School [AOCS] in Pensacola, Florida...the United States Marine Corps Drill Instructors did a pretty good job of being the best travel alarms...
for the record I’d pay to see how that went down.
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Mad Dog
·Something tells me at least a few had issues with Marine Sargents bossing AOC’s around.
for the record I’d pay to see how that went down.
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mcemeren
·Silent, keeps more or less good time, has alarm and built-in light, so , total useless. I don't know what I was thinking when I bough it 😀
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queriver
·Surprised nobody posted this yet...
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S.H.
·Big enough to qualify as a small clock ... check
Alarm ... check
Cool... (get to the chopper!) check
Travel? 2nd time zone and WR 20bars... check
Also, even if it is not that expensive they probably make a ton of money on these so overpriced? ... probably check
I like it anyway 😜
Alarm ... check
Cool... (get to the chopper!) check
Travel? 2nd time zone and WR 20bars... check
Also, even if it is not that expensive they probably make a ton of money on these so overpriced? ... probably check
I like it anyway 😜
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lillatroll
·Had this since 1993 when I was a student. I thought it would help me get out of bed for lectures. It doesn't have super powers for getting students out of bed who may or may not have spent too much time in the pub. It does fill all the criteria for form, function and value for money.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThis gets my vote...
Plenty loud enough to wake you up in the morning, and doubles as a time telling device that you wear on your wrist during the day, that can also be used to remind you of appointments, meetings, etc.
What will they think of next!
Plenty loud enough to wake you up in the morning, and doubles as a time telling device that you wear on your wrist during the day, that can also be used to remind you of appointments, meetings, etc.
What will they think of next!
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SpikiSpikester
··@ ΩFI’ve used a Braun BNC008BK-RC radio control travel alarm clock for the last 8 years or so.
It was about £40, bought at Heathrow on a trip to the US for work.
Still on its original AAA battery (I guess thanks to the low power usage of the inverted LCD), it sits on my bedside table at home when I’m not travelling.
I think it’s petty cool, and most importantly, it never failed to wake me up!
these are great - my bedside alarm clock for the last 7/8 years too 😀
