BTTF 1 - found: George McFly's 1955 alarm clock; searching for: his 1955 wristwatch

Re: BTTF 1 - found: George McFly's 1955 alarm clock; searching for: his 1955 wristwat

Come on guys! Get a room! :lol





Hope I'm not actually offending either one of you! You two do definately share a passion for BTTF. And It's AWESOME! :thumbsup
 
Re: BTTF 1 - found: George McFly's 1955 alarm clock; searching for: his 1955 wristwat

VilleLeskinen said:
Hope I'm not actually offending either one of you! You two do definately share a passion for BTTF. And It's AWESOME! :thumbsup
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Haha no worries xD! I'm glad to be on this forum :D!
 
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EmmaInCandyland said:
We do! We might be the only 2 crazy ones for wanting to have everything from bttf xD
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I'm sure there are more crazy people like us. They just don't dare. :lol

VilleLeskinen said:
... Hope I'm not actually offending either one of you! ...
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If I was Emma, the only thing why I would feel offended, is because you called her a guy! :D
 
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Roland said:
If I was Emma, the only thing why I would feel offended, is because you called her a guy! :D
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Touché! :lol Sorry Emma!
Anyway, back to the awesomeness that is Back to the Future, or something. :wacko
 
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Haha oh well "guys" often refer to a "bunch" of people, boys or girls :p So no harm caused :p
 
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Roland said:
Not only a chance! I WILL do that. :) I bought two of those clocks. One in a very good condition (the one on my photo above) and one with a damaged and yellowed face/dial, which I've removed. But it's still good enough for scanning and redrawing it (without the brand name, of course).

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=127140&stc=1&d=1353019979
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Roland, Did you ever happen to scan and redraw the clock face without the westclox name?
 
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Roland said:
Yesterday I got my Westclox Bingo Style 3 alarm clock, which is exactly the same type as seen in BTTF 1 on George McFly's nightstand 1955. The only difference is: the movie clock has no brand name on the face. Some trivia: this type of clocks was produced from 1962 - 1979. George must be a time traveller too! :lol

Movie screen shot:

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=126889&stc=1&d=1352902097
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At least they got the model plane year correct
It's a 54 Revell Boeing B-29 Giant Superfortress
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/193921-revell-h-208-98-boeing-b-29-giant-superfortress

Just in case you want that on your nightstand too




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Re: BTTF 1 - found: George McFly's 1955 alarm clock; searching for: his 1955 wristwat

Roland said:
Yesterday I got my Westclox Bingo Style 3 alarm clock, which is exactly the same type as seen in BTTF 1 on George McFly's nightstand 1955. The only difference is: the movie clock has no brand name on the face. Some trivia: this type of clocks was produced from 1962 - 1979. George must be a time traveller too! :lol

Movie screen shot:

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=126889&stc=1&d=1352902097

My clock:

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=126890&stc=1&d=1352902097


Now I'm searching for the exact brand and type of George's 1955 wristwatch. It's also seen on the nightstand screen shot and in a few other scenes, but it's small and hard to identify. Any watch experts here on the board?

http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=126892&stc=1&d=1352902670 http://www.therpf.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=126891&stc=1&d=1352902670
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Hi Roland, sorry to bother you but I managed to get the white clocks of George’s! it’s in good shape and it also works... I was just wondering if you could give me some advice on how to remove the “WESTCLOX” from the face... also I don’t want to damage it, so do you have any tips on opening the clock (I know it opens fron the face/front) thank you in advance for any help.... thanks :)
 

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Spiderstella said:
Hi @Roland, sorry to bother you but I managed to get the white clocks of George’s! it’s in good shape and it also works... I was just wondering if you could give me some advice on how to remove the “WESTCLOX” from the face... also I don’t want to damage it, so do you have any tips on opening the clock (I know it opens fron the face/front) thank you in advance for any help.... thanks :)
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Congratulations! It's a nice little clock. :)

I never had plans to remove the Westclox letters, so my clock still has them. To be honest, I really don't know how to properly remove them without destroying the clock. :$
 
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Roland said:
Congratulations! It's a nice little clock. :)

I never had plans to remove the Westclox letters, so my clock still has them. To be honest, I really don't know how to properly remove them without destroying the clock. :$
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Looking at the clock,the face can be removed to get to the hands (the face is held on by 3 clips 1 at the top and 2 at the bottom)! Once the face is off I guess it’s just a matter of taking the hands off to get to the face with the numbers on.... then it’s a matter of scanning the face with the numbers on, remove the westclox digitally, re print it then put it all back together.....

BUT lol the clock is so old I don’t want to damage it trying... so I might just leave it alone;) thanks for the message back :)
 
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I have actually two of these Westclox clocks. My second one is in a very poor condition (broken parts and yellowed surface). My plan with this clock was the same as yours: removing the face, scanning it and replacing it by a new one without Westclox letters, but since its condition is really poor, I never felt like doing it. So I still have my first clock, which looks like new, and I don't want to ruin it.
 
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Roland said:
I have actually two of these Westclox clocks. My second one is in a very poor condition (broken parts and yellowed surface). My plan with this clock was the same as yours: removing the face, scanning it and replacing it by a new one without Westclox letters, but since its condition is really poor, I never felt like doing it. So I still have my first clock, which looks like new, and I don't want to ruin it.
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If you ever do open your second clock it would be interesting to see/know how easy it is to get into etc.... but I don’t blame you for not risking opening them, I think I’ll just leave mine alone:)
 
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