Electrical
Some tv adverts of electrical items being sold in the 80′s
Timex 1983
Published August 16, 2010 | 
Timex 1983
Timex Group USA, Inc. (formerly known as Timex Corporation), a subsidiary of Timex Group B.V., is headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company is the current day successor to the Waterbury Clock Company, founded in 1854 in nearby Waterbury, Connecticut.
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1985 Ever Ready Gold Seal
Published August 4, 2010 | On January 10, 1899, American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company obtained U.S. Patent No. 617,592 (filed 12 March 1898) from David Misell, an inventor. This “electric device” designed by Misell was powered by “D” batteries laid front-to-back in a paper tube with the light bulb and a rough brass reflector at the end. Misell, the inventor of the tubular hand-held “electric device” (a.k.a. electric torch or flashlight), assigned his invention over to the American Electrical Novelty and Manufacturing Company owned by Conrad Hubert.
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Leave a comment1985 B&Q Sale
Published August 4, 2010 | B&Q is a British retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies. It was founded in 1969 and is the largest DIY retailer in Europe, the largest in China and the third largest in the world, behind The Home Depot and Lowe’s and ahead of OBI. It is a subsidiary of the retail group Kingfisher plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
1984 Seiko
Published August 3, 2010 | 1984 Seiko Watchs Commercial
The company started in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called “K. Hattori” (服部時計店, Hattori Tokeiten?) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha (精工舎, Seikōsha?). According to Seiko’s official company history, titled “A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko” (2003), Seiko is a Japanese word meaning “exquisite,” “minute,” or “success.” (The meaning “exquisite” is usually written 精巧, while the meaning “success” is usually written 成功.)
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world’s first production quartz watch; when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph. In 1985, Orient Watches and Seiko established a joint factory.
Info gleaned from WIkipedia
1984 Radio Rentals
Published July 30, 2010 | 1984 Radio Rentals advert from 1984.
Radio Rentals was formed in 1932 to rent out radio sets. It later moved into televisions and ultimately video players. In 1968 it was acquired by Thorn Electrical Industries and merged with its DER chain (founded 1938), and in 2000 it merged with Granada Limited to form boxclever. The company still trades as Radio Rentals in Australia.
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