Vintage Walt Disney Post 1970s (M - Z) Character Watches

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Vintage Walt Disney Post 1970s (M - Z) Character Watches

 Vintage Mary Poppins, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Penny (from Rescuers), Pluto, Robin Hood, Snow White character watches.

 

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Vintage Walt Disney Post 1970s (A - L) Character Watches

In 1971 Ingersoll, US Time, now called Timex ended their Disney contract after over three decades. Disney moved onto Elgin with their Helbros & Bradley divisions.

 The 1970's and 1980's

Mary Poppins by Bradley has practically perfect Mary Poppins appearing to be flying smartly dressed in a light red suit with her bottomless flower carpet bag and black umbrella on a white background with purple numbers and her purple scarf as the hands to tell the time.Marked Bradley, Swiss made, Walt Disney Productions.

Mickey & Pluto animated by Bradley. This has Mickey holding a bone for Pluto whose head ticks back and forth as the seconds tick off. This hard to find watch has simple red numbers with black marks for the minutes and red hands to tell the time. Marked Bradley, Walt Disney Productions.

Here is a 1980 unusual Mickey Mouse I believe for the European market with a wonderful likeness of parading white gloved Mickey Mouse with a big smile wearing a yellow shirt and usual red shorts and orange shoes on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks and black hands including a black second hand to tell the time. Marked Disney Land, Made in France with a jeweled unmarked movement. They also made a Donald Duck version.

 

 1972 Minnie Mouse by Helbros is a high quality 17 jewel watch with Minnie smiling in her yellow polka dot dress and red top with her orange gloved hands to tell the time and a second hand to count off the seconds. Marked Walt Disney Prod.

Minnie Mouse by Bradley is an "Animated" version as her head nods back and forth to count off the seconds. Minnie also had a non nodder Bradley watch that looked similar.  Mickey Mouse also had a nodder watch (see my Mickey Mouse blog).
Smiling Minnie is looking good in her red dress (the non nodder dress is sometimes a floral print with yellow bow) with blue top and matching bows and shoes on a white background with black numbers and with her gloved hands to tell the time. Marked Bradley, Walt Disney Productions, "Animated".

Here is Penny from the Rescuers by Bradley Time. Penny is sitting, dreaming with Rufus and her teddy bear. Penny is dressed in blue overalls and a white shirt all on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks, black hands and a red second hand to tell the time. Marked Swiss made, Walt Disney Productions. Super hard to find today.

Here is Pluto by Citizen for the Japanese market. Pluto has a great big smile with his tongue hanging out and with a great big bone sitting in front of him along with his dog house behind him all on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks, gold hands and a red second hand to tell the time. Marked Walt Disney Productions Citizen 17 jewels.

Here is Robin Hood by Disney Time for the Japanese market which has Robin Hood standing firmly getting ready to shoot his bow. Robin Hood is dressed in his green felt medieval times garb including green shoes and along with a bright yellow felt hat with a red feather while he carries his bow with arrows in his quiver on his back all on a white back ground with blue numbers and silver hands including a thin red second hand to tell the time. Marked Disney Time, Walt Disney Productions 8004 1273NT for this hard to find plastic watch.

Here is Robin Hood by Bradley Time Division for the animated adventure musical comedy which used animals rather then humans. Robin hood the fox is dressed in his green felt medieval times garb including green shoes and along with a bright yellow felt hat with a red feather while he carries his bow with arrows in his quiver on his back all on a white back ground with black numbers, black minute marks and black hands to tell the time. Marked Bradley, Swiss made, Walt Disney Productions. Hard to find today.

1970s Snow White and Dopey by Timex. This same small child size watch has smiling Snow White with Dopey being Dopey on a white background with black numbers and black hands to tell the time. Marked Walt Disney Productions.

 

 Snow White by Bradley Time Division has Snow White in her yellow dress and blue top and black corset. She has birds flying around her on a blue circle background with a larger white background, black numbers, black minute marks and her arms to tell the time along with a yellow second hand. Marked Bradley, Swiss made.

For more Information on Watches and Cartoon Art see:

The National Watch and Clock Museum:  https://nawcc.org/index.php/museum

The West Coast Clock & watch museum is located at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum http://www.agsem.org

 

The Cartoon Art Museum https://www.cartoonart.org/
 

 
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Vintage Crime Fighters and Secret Agent Character Watches

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Vintage Crime Fighters and Secret Agent Character Watches

Vintage Bionic Woman, Dick Tracy, Hardy Boys, Hong Kong Phooey, Inspector Gadget, James Bond, Johnny Horizon, Man from Uncle, Robin Hood, Shadow, Six Million Dollar Man, Smokey Bear character watches.

sorted by age:

In 1938, at about the same time as the launch of the Mickey Mouse watch, the first Dick Tracy watch was produced by New Haven with a large 1930s tank style case & sold for $2.25. Tracy is shown neatly dressed in a suit, hat and tie standing with a gun in one hand and the other in his pocket on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks and red hands to tell the time. The face is marked Dick Tracy, signed by his creator Chester Gould and marked Made in the USA.

10 years after his first watch, New Haven produced the 1948 Dick Tracy square face style with Tracy again standing with a gun in one hand, always neatly dressed in a blue suit, hat and tie on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks and black hands to tell the time. Marked Dick Tracy at the bottom.

These came in these nice colorful presentation boxes with matching insert.

 

  Late 1940's or 1950's Viking produced this Robin Hood. A well-made watch marked Robin Hood and Swiss made with 12 green numbers to match his tights and each minute is marked off with every five of those marked with numbers. Robin Hood is decked out in his full leather outfit with tights and boots including a feather in his hood. He has his quiver on his back, a knife on his belt and carries his bow in one hand and sword in the other.  It has green hands and a red second hand to tell the time. 

 

 In 1951, New Haven produced the Dick Tracy with moving gun watch that ticked off the seconds just like the watch they produced for Gene Autry (see my Western blog) at the same time with same movement, same luminescent hands, and same round 50's style case. Again, well dressed in a blue suit and tie, Tracy is shown standing with his gun and wearing his yellow hat on a white background (some yellow), green luminous numbers and black minute marks. Top is marked (c) CHIC. TRIB. USF 1951 SWISS COPYR 1951, bottom is marked Hew Haven Clock and Watch Co.

NOTE: This is the smaller gun and below boxed pictures shows the larger gun version.

 

 

These came in these smaller boxes (compared to 1948 version)

In 1956, Ingersoll produced the Robin Hood watch in a tank style case with Robin shooting his bow standing sideways on a floor with yellow background. The white numbers are on a black background and black minute marks on a yellow background.

 In 1965, UK based Gilbert produced this James Bond 007 watch with a Swiss movement in a plastic case. This large case, matching Bond's silver car dash style has two pull out magnifying glasses on the left top and bottom which they called "secret sighting lenses" and a unique "world time" dial. The minute hand moves regularly, and a round circle rotates to show the hour. The bezel, along the edges of the dial has different world city names to know what time it is around the world. A limited production and unique watch make this highly prized today with the box being rare.

Also in 1966, Bradley for MGM produced the Man from Uncle Secret Agent watch for the television series. This Swiss movement watch shows a drawing of the secret agent as portrayed by Robert Vauhn holding his "Open Channel D" satellite communicator on a light blue background with black numbers and gold hands to tell the time.

In the 1960's, Hawhorne produced this Smokey Bear watch Swiss made with shovel hands, very nice watch reminding you to "prevent forest fires". I believe this superhero fire preventing Smokey watch was the first Smokey watch produced.

Bradley also produced a nicely made Smokey Bear in their standard "coffin" style box also with “shovel hands”.

In the 1970’s Rega produced this Johnny Horizon watch for the U.S. land management bureau, Johnny Horizon is the mascot to fight littering. Here is smiling Johnny’s head wearing his black hat on a bright yellow background with black numbers and white hands along with moving eyes to tick away the seconds. Marked Piet.

 

 1976 Lafayette produced this Johnny Horizon jump hour watch for the U.S. land management bureau to fight littering and clean up our national parks. Here is smiling Johnny's head wearing his hat in blue with "digital" hours and minute numbers to the left of him all on a light gold background. Marked Johnny Horizon '76 in red and  Lafayette Watch Co. Swiss made 1976 U.S. Dept. of the interior. This amazing jump hour watch is hard to find today.
 

 In 1972, Universal City Studios produced the Hardy Boys watch based on their mystery television series. Swiss made, this watch portrayed Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as the Hardy Boys from the television series at the time and is hard to find today. 

In the '70s, The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman both got watches with Swiss movements for their television series at the time.

Here we have the Bionic Woman as portrayed by Lindsey Wagner on a bright red background with black numbers, black hands and a red second hand to tell the time.

Here is the Six Million Dollar Man as portrayed by Lee Majors in his flight suit on a yellow background with white numbers on a blue background except for the 3, 6, 9, & 12 which are red and black hands including a red second hand to tell the time.

In 1976, they produced this different version of the Six Million Dollar man this time wearing a red track suit jumping in a field with hills and trees and a blue sky behind him with black numbers and black hands to tell the time.

In 1977, Timex produced this Hong Kong Phooey watch for Hanna-Barbera (see blog) based on their cartoon. This smaller size child's watch is hard to resist with Karate chopping Penrod "Penry" Pooch's hands to tell the time dressed in a red with white trim gi, masked Penrod is on a blue background with black numbers and a black second hand to tell the time. One Jewel, Swiss made and marked Hanna Barbera Prod Inc. at the bottom, a rare find today.

 

  In 1983, Bradley produced the Inspector Gadget watch for DIC Audiovisual Inc. for the cartoon they were producing at the time.

 Here is the inspector with Brain, mint in the box wearing his grey trench coat blue pants and grey shoes on a white background with black numbers, black minute marks, black hands including a black second hand to tell the time. I've only seen one other wind up!

They also made the LED quartz version which is common today.

 In 1994, The Shadow was produced by Hope for the movie, here in a tin box with warranty, all original. This is a quartz watch.

For more Information on Watches and Cartoon Art see:

The National Watch and Clock Museum:  https://nawcc.org/index.php/museum

The West Coast Clock & watch museum is located at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum http://www.agsem.org

 

The Cartoon Art Museum https://www.cartoonart.org/
 

 
Any thoughts can be emailed to characterwatchtime@gmail.com
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