It's always time for character watches...Watches with Character.
Vintage Dum Dum Lollipops Drum man, Frankenberry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry, Goofy Grape, Green Giant, Hamm's Beer Bear, Heinz, Icee bear, Keebler Elf, KIX cereal, Kool-Aid, Life Savers, Major Moon, Mr. Peanut, Nestle Cookie character watches.
For part one of Vintage Advertising Food Related (A - C) Character Watches, click here.
For part Three of Vintage Advertising Food Related (O - Z) Character Watches, click here.In the 1970's, Lafayette Watch Co. produced the Dum
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Lollipops Drum man, Swiss made 17 Jewels. Here you have the smiling
drum man with his large hat and two lollipops as drum sticks on a white background with color dum
dum lollipop dots for the number indicators. A nicely
made watch and rare find today.
In the
1970's, Lafayette Watch Co. produced several of these prototype watches for General
Mills Monster Cereal with characters - Frankenberry, Count Chocula and Boo
Berry whose heads revolve around dial to tick off the seconds while the background image of haunted mansion
darkens to black then re-appears.
They were never mass produced, only about 10 were made.
In 1965 This Goofy Grape watch was advertised by Pillsbury as "10,000 winners" on the prize entry form, but with the very specific instructions needed to be completed, they didn't have as many winners making this watch rare today. You had to buy or draw each of the six flavor character faces and paste them on the entry form. Answer five of the riddles. Draw how "Left Lemon looks when he hist a home run" and finally make up a riddle of your own and of course mail it all in. Advertised as accurate time pieces with gold tone bezel and matching expansion band, sweep second hand, antimagnetic, Swiss movement and unbreakable crystal "and when you look at the time... Goofy Grape looks back at you". This Lord Nelson watch simply has a sticker of Goofy Grape on it. A beautiful white dial with silver even numbers, large silver marks for the odd numbers, silver minute marks and gold hands including a gold sweep second hand to tell the time. Today many of the original stickers haven't held up so well so its nice to have a great example like this one despite the crack in the crystal.
In 1974, Pillsbury produced this scarce Funny Face Goofy
Grape watch, Swiss made where Goofy Grape rotates as the second hand against a Sugar Sweetened Funny Face Goofy Grape package all on a white background with black 3,6,9 & 12 numbers,black marks for the other numbers and black and white hands to tell the time. I believe these were a fan club mail away item and that makes this a super great watch, hard to find today.
Here is a amazing Green Giant watch by Bradley Time where the jolly giant is standing tall with his hands on his hips almost ready to say "ho ho ho" dressed in his usual leafy outfit and shoes and with little sprout (who represents the consumer) at his side all on a white background with green numbers except for 3,6, & 9 which are black and black minute marks with the black numbers displayed in fives around the dial and green hands including a green second hand to tell the time. Marked Swiss made and Bradley to the side of this amazing hard to find watch.
Here is a 1970's Hamm's Beer
Bear by Helbros, a 17 jewel Swiss movement mint! The Hamm's bear was noted as one of the best ad
campaigns of the last century. Here you have the Hamm's beer bear
nicely dressed in his red jacket and with his arms to tell the time and a
day number display on a white background with silver 3,6,9 & 12 numbers and marks for the others, a very well made watch, a rare find today.
In 1984, Timex produced this Heinz Ketchup watch with rotating ketchup bottle as the second hand. This is the second Heinz watch that I know of with the earlier one also having a rotating ketchup bottle. This one with a white background, black numbers, black minute marks and black hands to tell the time.
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Again in the 1970's, Bradley produced this Icee
Bear watch with their standard Swiss movement of the time. Here is Icee
the polar bear in his usual red sweater with a large initial on it and
his arms to tell the time on a white background with black numbers and marks for the minutes. Hard to find today, what a treasure.
Also in the 1970's, Basis watch produced this Icee Bear watch, one jewel marked Swiss made. Icee is drinking a cherry Icee and carrying a second one in the other hand, still in his iconic red sweater on a white background with blue numbers, gold hands and a gold second hand to tell the time. You had to collect points from the drinking cup and mail them in to get this watch which makes it a rare find today.
In the 1980's, Custom Time produced this Keebler Elf watch with a Swiss movement. Here you have Ernie the Keebler Elf dressed for work in his orange and
yellow hat, green jacket and yellow pants and shoes on a white background and black numbers, black minute marks, black hands and a black second hand to tell the time. It came with a large 70's MOD style wrist band. These came in plain boxes.
Here is a KIX cereal watch made by Lafayette Watch Company that was a
give away back in the 1970s to promote soccer. A red and white soccer
ball on a white background with black numbers, black hands and a red
second hand to tell the time. Marked Made in Hong Kong.
In the 1970's, Sindaco LTD produced this Kool-Aid watch with a Swiss
movement. Here you have the pitcher filled Kool-Aid man running with a
huge smile practically shouting, "OH YEAH!" on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks, black hands and a black second hand to tell the time. He came in a plan box with a
large MOD band. Hard to find today.
In the 1970's we
have this Major Moon for Moonstone Cereal watch for Ralston Cereals with a
Swiss movement. This rarely known cereal character is dressed in his usual
Major uniform with hat and came in a plain box with see through plastic and a
large 70's MOD wrist band. The Major is on a white background holding his name with
black numbers, black minute marks, black hands including a black second hand to
tell the time.
From the late 60's, earlier 70's by Agon Chromatic Watch
Corp. we have this slightly different (from Page one example) Mr. Peanut with a one jewel
Swiss movement. Basically, same as the older version with slightly different
case, a huge 70's modern "MOD" wrist
band. Smiling Mr. Peanut is the best nut
around on a yellow background with black numbers, his gloved hands and a
black
second hand to tell the time along with a date window to tell the month
date. Capital also put out a NON date watch as shown below in the box.
These came in nice
simple presentation boxes. This is the one made by Capital, non date.
In the 1970's, Custom Time Corp.
produced this Mr. Peanut "jump hour” watch with a one jewel movement,
Swiss made and rarer today then the regular watch. Very nicely painted face
with a deep soothing blue background and smartly dressed Mr. Peanut posing next
to the time display. Who wouldn't want one of these!
Again, in the 1970's, Lafayette Watch Co. produced this Nestle Cookie
Mix watch,
Swiss made with just a picture of a cookie on the face on a white
background, with brown numbers and brown hands to tell the time. It's
always time for cookies at my home.
For more Information on Watches see:
The National Watch and Clock Museum: https://nawcc.org/index.php/museum
The West Coast Clock & watch museum https://www.agsem.com/West-Coast-Clock-and-Watch-Museum.php which is located at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum http://www.agsem.com/
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