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Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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It is a nice clock, however, if its not original he sort of protects himself by saying he replaced this and that and those....I would stay away.
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Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
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It is a nice clock, however, if its not original he sort of protects himself by saying he replaced this and that and those....I would stay away. you can put a old decal in a old clock, doesn't make it orig..
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Original/Reproduction: Reproduction Is it just me or does everyone(including me) pass over that part in the description lol
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Says its a repro that's enough for me to stay away.
Remember you are only as good as your help If you don't make any noise no one will hear you!
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Original/Reproduction: Reproduction Is it just me or does everyone(including me) pass over that part in the description lol That is a big problem with selling on Ebay. People do not read the descriptions...or look over the pictures carefully. All the time I get questions that the answers are right in the descriptions...or people that get the item and not happy about something that is spelled out right in the description. I think everyone is in too much of a hurry these days. I have this exact clock without the pegasus. I think it this one looks hokey with the horse head right under the Telechron. Jim
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Although it says that,(reproduction) his description"holy grail of advertising clocks" seems very deceptive.nowhere does he say that the Pegasus is not real,which I defiantly think it isn't.Also " old neon MOBIL clock"
Last edited by oldnfuelish; Fri Mar 23 2012 08:40 AM.
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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I agree with Peggy shoved up right under Telechron. I don't believe Mobil would have allowed that... having another brand name right above their mascot. I would have been cool enough of a clock if they just left it at a repower and neon job.
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On Mar-24-12 at 10:50:59 PDT, seller added the following information:
LISTING CORRECTION
In "item specifics" I didn't clarify Original, so it defaulted to Reproduction. This is not a reproduction. This clock is an original telechron Mobil Neon clock from the 40's -60's. I am uncertian of it actual age. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to message me.
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Well, wasn't that nice of him....
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Dave GILL, Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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these clocks are to easy to add a decal..
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Pegasus did not change to "facing right" until 1965, and the style and feather pattern was also updated. They used an older version and put it on backwards. Somebody got screwed royally on this one!!!
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That clock and this t-53 had the highest number of watchers. Ranking #1 and # 2 according to collectors weekly. With all the great stuff on ebay and these 2 items garnishing so much attention......it makes you wonder which direction were heading and the number of uneducated buyers outnumber the rest of us.
The funny thing is that all those biddees were thinking.....if the guy behind me likes it that much, i guess i can like it a little more
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I sent a question to him asking about the listing as a reproduction. I was not interested in buying but after seeing this thread I wanted to read his response to my inquiry. Here is the correspondence:
Why do you call this an original and a "Holy Grail" when it is listed as a reproduction?
with all due respect, "holy grail" is my opinion. I am uncertain who has this listed as a reproduction. I surely didn't elude to it being a reproduction. This is an original telechron mobil oil neon clock form the 60's. I only fixed items that wore out.
I hope you join the bidding, this clock is much more impressive in person than the pictures show. Sincerely,
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i now see where you got reproduction. That is a crucial mistake. I must have not clarified when listing this, and it defaulted to "reprod uction" . I may have to end the auction, and relist, It will not let me make the change, as I have bids. I will post this answer so all can see, I hate to start this all over. Rest Assured, This is not a reproduction. This is an awesome original, that will probably sell alot less than its true value. Sincerely,
It may be an old Telechron clock but it certainly didn't start life as a Mobil clock.
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I know it just links to eBay , but that is kind of a neat site(collectors weekly). (how you can track the watchers) although I don't like how eBay puts up all those fake page fronts on web searches that lead you to their site. perhaps the watch count was high for the clock because alot of people, myself included watched it because of this forum.
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he sent me these before it ended.i think he really believes it was real.
Last edited by oldnfuelish; Fri Mar 30 2012 11:42 AM.
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he either didn't add it or is playing dumb..
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that looks really fake close up , with the "Telechron" that close to the pegasus. like Richard said something about thats the newer pegasus. it's Like putting a Sinclair dino sign on a 1930's pump. seller probably wanted to believe to was real, wanted a pay day. new buyer wants to believe it's real cause he just spent time and $ on it.
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...no, that's the same artwork as the earlier Pegasus - it's just facing the wrong direction...the ca. 1965 version of the Pegasus is much more streamlined and less detailed...
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This seller is definitely a scammer with the mobil clocks items: 160755946575 150763688656 150728821776 he finds honesty only in the obvious repo 150783539890 the subject of this thread attic heirlooms 4 u apparently hes got several of these decals...
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Another dishonest e-Bay seller peddling "junk".
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next he'll be selling DIGITAL clocks with the pegasus glued on them. LOL My guess is he bought them at an auction somewhere, that yrs ago some old guy thought as a hobby he should turn all his clocks into Mobilgas ones.
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