2 Timex Twins

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2 Timex Twins

#1 Post by eclecticfunk » Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:28 am

The one on the left was mine. I found the one on the right in a case at a shop with a bunch of other trinkets. Note the difference in the chapter rings. They both run well, and are in really great condition.
I can still picture the tv commercials that said, "Timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
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Re: 2 Timex Twins

#2 Post by JerseyMo » Sun Oct 02, 2016 1:21 pm

nice to pick up two at once. Do you know how to tell the year made?
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Re: 2 Timex Twins

#3 Post by eclecticfunk » Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:56 pm

No, I don't know how to date them.

I actually did not get them both at once. I had the one on the left for quite a while. I picked the one on the right up in a shop recently. It was so cheaply priced, and it started to run the minute I touched the crown.
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Re: 2 Timex Twins

#4 Post by retroworx » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:40 am

I love this model and have had a few. Reminds me of the Hamilton Electric Spectra. But for a whole lot less money. :lol:
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Re: 2 Timex Twins

#5 Post by JerseyMo » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:05 pm

eclecticfunk wrote:No, I don't know how to date them.

I actually did not get them both at once. I had the one on the left for quite a while. I picked the one on the right up in a shop recently. It was so cheaply priced, and it started to run the minute I touched the crown.

Here is the coding Timex used that would match the era of your Marlin's AKA the Orbit Dial
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