It's always time for character
watches...Watches with Character.
Vintage Animated including Rega Israel watches
Vintage Animated including Alice in Wonderland, Annie Oakley, Apollo Space Pacer, Archie Comics, Barbie Ken Heartbeat, Betty Boop, Big Bird, Boy with bone, Bumble Bee, Butterfly, Cat, Collie, Cookie Monster, Dolphin, Eastman Girl, Football Thrower, Little Hans, Little Red Riding Hood with Wolf, Mouse with blue hat, Owl, Pals Puppy, Pus & Boots Moggy, Pinocchio, Pinky & the Brain, Peter Pan, Pippy Longstocking, Race Car, Snorkeling, Sport Billy, Snow White, Sugar Bear, Three little pigs, W.C. Fields, White & Red dog, Woody Woodpecker, Yakky Doodle Duck, Character Watches.
Its always a nice feature when a character watch uses their own hands and/or some type of a special second hand that rotates around the dial.
This entry is for watches with even a little more animation than the specialized hands including Rega Israel & Ruhla watches which usually have moving eyes that tick off the seconds. Rega & Webster produced many different types of characters in the 1960's and earlier 1970's along with other makers, often with unlicensed commonly known characters.
Here are a few that I have collected OR know of.
Alice in wonderland with animated mad hatter by the New Haven Clock & Watch Company
Annie Oakley with moving gun
Archie Comics (head rotates) by ACP Inc
Barbie & Ken by Bradley Mattel Inc. Swiss made "heart beat".
Big Bird by Bradley
Apollo Space Pacer. This space watch has two astronaut tethered to a capsule, one ticks off the seconds.
Boy with bone by Oberon. This boy with large glasses offers a bone to a dog whose eyes tick off the seconds.
Bumble Bee by Rega Israel
Butterfly by Rega Israel
Cat blue and Pink by Rega Israel.
Clown by Rega Israel.
Collie with moving smaller collie that ticks off the seconds by unknown maker Swiss made.
Cookie Monster by Bradley.
Dan Dare by Ingersoll for Eagle with moving spaceship and ticking head
Dan Dare by Ingersoll for Eagle with moving ray gun and rocket.
Davey Crocket by Muros,
Deer, Hartford by Rega Israel.
Dick Tracy by New Haven with moving gun 1951 Swiss made.
Dolphin by Ancre with moving ball that ticks off the seconds.
Eastman Girl by Rega Israel with moving eyes that tick off the seconds.
Football Thrower watch Swiss made, arm with football moves back and forth for the seconds
Ford Pinto watch Swiss made, legs kick for the seconds
General Mills Monster Cereal characters by Lafayette Watch Co -Frankenberry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry spin around dial while background image of haunted mansion
darkens to black then re-appears. See my advertising A-L blog.
Hoky Poky magician with animated hands by Acco
Indian watch by Webster with animated tomahawk Swiss made.
Jeff Arnold by Ingersoll for Eagle with moving gun. Johnny Horizon by Rega Israel with moving eyes
Li'l Abner Smiling by New Haven animated moving flag.
Li'l Abner by New Haven animated moving flag.
Li'l Abner by New Haven animated moving mule Little astronaut by Rega Israel on either a white or black background.
Little Hans by Rega Israel is common and shows the glasses wearing red headed Hans in his yellow felt hat with brown tassel and red feather and a hint of his old European matching yellow outfit with big red bow tie all on a white background with black numbers and white hands to tell the time. Marked Piet.
Little Red Riding Hood with wolf by Rega Israel. There are at least two different ones of these. One on white and one on black as shown.
Mickey Mouse Nodder by Bradley Walt Disney Productions Swiss Made.
Mickey & Minnie Dancing by Bradley. This has a flashing light effect.
Mickey Mouse & Pluto Nodder by Bradley Walt Disney Productions Swiss Made. Mickey Mouse kicking soccer ball by Bradley, his foot ticks off seconds.
Minnie Mouse Nodder by Bradly marked Walt Disney Productions Swiss made.
Mouse with blue hat and tie by Rega Israel.
Owl by unknown maker. Eyes move to tick off the seconds.
Pals Puppy by Israel. Eyes move to tick off the seconds.
Peter Pan Peanut Butter magic watch by Remex goes blank and then his face appears. See my advertising M-Z blog.
Pinky & the Brain pocket watch with moving PW held by Brain.
Pinocchio by Webster with moving cricket.
Pippi Longstockings with animated monkey Mr. Nilsson who ticks of the seconds.
Puss & Boots by Moggy Swiss made animated sword with original band.
Race car watch Swiss made, checkered flag moves back and forth for the seconds
Snorkeling by Rega Israel with white rotating fish on a black background.
Snow White and dwarfs with moving witch hand with an apple (I think).
Three little pigs pocket watch.
W.C. Fields moving eyes "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" marked WC Fields prod Asa Inc. Marked Rega Israel. See my 1970's blog.
White and Red dog by Rega Israel.
Woody Wood Pecker by Webster watch Company with moving woodpecker to tick off seconds. See my Wood Wood Pecker blog.
Yakky doodle Duck with ticking worm or caterpillar by unknown maker.
