

A built-in analog FM/AM tuner lets you choose from a wide variety of radio, talk and music programming. Anyone have a motor that would work? And when taking apart the motor, don't forget about this little hidden (under some glue) screw. Rise and shine with a Sony alarm clock radio. So I have a perfectly working clock with no motor. Agh!!! Motor is trashed with worn out gear cogs that are ~1/16" extruding from the larger wheel. The little gear cogs on the side of one of the bigger wheels were partially worn. Agh!!! So I carefully took the motor apart to see exactly what is going on. GREAT!!!! But inserting back to the mechanism, "click-click-click" and no paddle flipping. When the motor was separated from the mechanism she spun the gray gear.

I oiled everything with the crazy paddle advancement mechanism and still no advancement. Unfortunately, my Copal motor was not turning the paddles and I could hear internal clicking.
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However the orange paddle light was black but I have several of those plus resistors. All lights came on (including the green alarm setting light) and the radio played. Plugged her in and started testing her out. I recently acquired one of these great clocks from an Estate Sale. It sounds like a dream and is playing beside me right now. I added photos to better illustrate what I was talking about. Howdy I just picked up a lovely Sony 8FC-69WA today while thrifting. Puth this Sony Alarmist on your nighttable today.Sorry about the double post.

Choose from a wide variety of Sony Alarmists with features and styles to suite every taste. Discover what the weather has in store for you and what traffic conditions you can expect on your daily commute. Greet each new day with a briefing on what's happening newswise around the world, around the nation, as around your town. $24.95 in 1975 had the same buying power as $118.51 in 2018 (from )īeat the ol' "I-hate-to-get-up-in-the-morning" blues with a Sony Alarmist Clock Radio. Intermediate Frequencies: FM: 10.7 MHz, AM: 455 kHz, WEATHER: 10.7 MHzĪntennas: FM: ac line antenna, AM: built-in ferrite bar antenna, WEATHER: lead-wire antennaĭimensions: 162 (H) x 143 (W) x 140 (D) mm If you're into unusually shape flip clock radios, you should consider this very well made and distinctive collectible.Ĭircuit: 13-transistor, 11-diode, 1-thermistor, FM/AM/WEATHER 3 band superheterodyne with digital clockįrequency Ranges: FM: 87.5~108 MHz (3.42~2.78m), AM 530~1605 kHz (566~187m), WEATHER: 161.0~163.3 MHz (1.86~184m) Sony took to calling their flip clocks "digimatic" early on, and this clock is refered to as having a digimatic clock, but it seems they also tried out calling the alarm clocks "the Alarmists" about the time this clock came out.
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The Sony 8FC-100W (now known as the X-Men flip clock for appearing in the movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in 2014) was advertised at the same time for $49.95. VENDRE Thank You for looking at my auction CONDITION Used. It wasn't on of the most expensive models. SONY DIGITAL FLIP Clock BRIGHT with alarm & Radio Outlet Type Black Used Japan - EUR 154,54. This would be over $100 dollars in today's dollars. VINTAGE MODERN ELECTRONICS 1973 Sony Digimatic Japan Flip Clock Radio Alarm Tfm-C690W 70s Mid Century Working Solid State Wood Case soukPlace 185. The clock started showing up in advertisements around 1974 and a newspaper advertisement shows it being offered for $24.95. This Sony really packs in the electronics with the clock featuring a weather band as well as standard AM/FM. This cube shaped flip clock radio sports a round face highlighted with brushed aluminum and can be found with a black plastic or a wood-grain cabinet. The Sony TFM-C450W FM/AM/WEATHER Flip Clock.
