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The idea for a mickey mouse watch was developed by kamen, who sold the concept to the ingersollwaterbury clock company of connecticut. Featuring the older pieeyed style mickey, it includes the original leather fob with metal medallion. The mickey mouse pocket watch antique pocket watch. With the advent of the ingersoll mickey mouse watch popularised in the us, the british market was issued its own. The watch features mickeys hands as dials with the numerals 5 and 7 being smaller and fitted under mickeys knees.
In its early incarnation, it produced the ubiquitous dollar watch, and several decades later made the equally ubiquitous mickey mouse watch. Sep 08, 20 my quickie internet research had verified that the firstever mickey mouse watch made its debut at that fair in 1933, marketed by disney and ingersoll. Disney mickey mouse 30s collection by ingersoll available for men and women. Ingersoll mickey mouse 1934 pocket watch replacement hour hand 4 repairs. Ingersoll 1934 mickey mouse watch original vintage disney character. Mickey mouse original style 1930s expo connecticut ingersoll.
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Vintage unique and hard to find disney wind up mechanical mickey mouse watch as sold at the worlds fair one of the first mickey mouse watches ever made. The watch in question is a 1933 ingersoll mickey mouse pocket watch i believe it may actually be a 1932 variant, more on that in a minute. Ive just won an early 1934 ingersoll mickey mouse watch. Jul 15, 2012 disney merchandizing promoters saw the mickey watches as a cheap way to promote their brand. Mickey mouse original style 1930s expo connecticut.
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Watches, timepieces, vintage pre1968, disneyana, collectibles. Ingersoll declared bankruptcy in 1921 and was bought by the waterbury clock co. Shop for ingersoll disney watches online at target. I have a c 1938 ingersoll 5 notch mickey mouse watch. The disney by ingersoll watches combine the best aspects of the two international brands so much so that buyers have made these timepieces bestsellers. Excellent 1933 ingersoll mickey mouse pocket watch with fob. May 25, 2017 mickey mouse ingersoll made in usa 1930s pocket watch with fob as is. On offer is the rarer version of the attractive 36 english ingersoll mickey mouse pocket watch with the regular pulltoset movement.
Disney watches by ingersoll buy disney watches online. Manufactured in 1934, by ingersoll in the usa, this very rare and highly collectible 30hour alarm clock has animated hands and a wagging head. On the inside of the watch it shows patented july 2, 1918 and it also shows nov. Anyone have any other info on the manufacturing time period of this model that might contradict the only made in 1934 understanding i have.
My quickie internet research had verified that the firstever mickey mouse watch made its debut at that fair in 1933, marketed by disney and ingersoll. Two wrist watches were made for the british market alongside a pocket watch in 1934, in much smaller numbers than in the us, which has ensured their rarity and value among collectors. Ingersoll mickey mouse watch for sale collectibles online daily. The dial is in great condition for the age the crystal is yellowed from age the case is in great condition the fob has scratches on front and back from wear. In 1934, ingersoll of london began marketing the watches in great britain. In 1932 disney approached ingersoll now timex to produce a promotional mickey mouse watch for the 1933 worlds fair in chicago. These are commonly known today as bearded mickeys in that mickey mouse appeared to have grown a pink beard. In 1971, ingersoll timex ended making mickey mouse watches. One of the most iconic watches in us history is conceived when robert h ingersoll meets with disney to obtain a license for a mickey mouse watch. Designer watches for men by ingersoll 1892 at our online watch shop. After the ingersoll period, many other watch manufactures took over the reins and produced a plethora of watches, in every shape and design. Jan 28, 20 pricing your 1933 ingersoll mickey mouse watch has a large amount of variation in the current market. Buy mickey mouse pocket watch and get the best deals. In 1971, ingersolltimex ended making mickey mouse watches.
Aug 16, 2015 also during this period, ingersoll rand timex also produced the first battery operated and water resistant mickey watches. Ingersoll vintage 1930s mickey mouse pocket watch property room. Get a great deal with this online auction for a watch presented by property room on behalf of a law enforcement or public agency client. The pull to set movement was included as a more reliable mechanisim as opposed to the pushset movement by the east german umfruhla factory.
May 20, 2015 manufactured in 1934, by ingersoll in the usa, this very rare and highly collectible 30hour alarm clock has animated hands and a wagging head. Ingersoll produced mickey mouse watches up until the 1960s. Ingersoll, 1934 the celluloid dial on this unusual and rare englishmade. Choose one of the newer models from the mickey mouse 30s collection. Vintage 1934 ingersoll mickey mouse wrist watch in. Price mickey mouse pocket watch 1933 answered by a verified appraiser. This very special range of disney watches by ingersoll is full of heritage and history. Disney original ingersoll 1934 mickey mouse watch mechanical. Unfollow vintage ingersoll mickey mouse watch to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Under kamens leadership, sales of mickey mouse merchandise skyrocketed to several million dollars in just 4 years. By the way, the 1960s were actually a doldrums period for mickey mouse watches. Walt disney joined with watchmaker ingersoll and between them they created. An early ingersoll mickey mouse character pocket watch. In 1933 ingersoll, in a deal with the walt disney co. New listing 1933 ingersoll mickey mouse pocket watch 1st edition box only walt disney. The watches were manufactured in the 1960s by the connecticut, usbased ingersollwaterbury company, responsible for waterbury clocks, and the ingersoll mickey mouse watch for boys. A 1934 35 collectible mickey mouse ingersoll wrist watch. We are seeing retail values as high as 350600 dollars for the watches in pristine working condition.
After the first introduction of mickey mouse timepieces to england in 1934, ingersoll again in 1936 produced new variant of the pocket and wrist watches for the english market. I was out today and did a little trading for this 1933 ingersoll mickey mouse pocket watch with the original fob. I think most of these old watches had the bands replaced. Oct 25, 2011 mickey mouse 1930s expo connecticut ingersol pocket watch. Disney watches by ingersoll including mickey mouse, goofy. The ingersoll disney mickey 30s collection features a 50mm polished, alloy case and fixed bezel.
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