Showing posts with label Wesco Limited. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wesco Limited. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Doctor Who Action Sounds Watch Dalek

I've covered watches for the big Sci-fi franchises Star Wars and Star Trek, but there is one other (especially in the UK) who's turn it is now.

This watch is from the UK series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who series started in 1963 and was relaunched 2005 after a short break. It covers the adventures of a time travelling alien (a Time Lord) as he explores the universe working to right wrongs, help people he meets, and sometimes save entire civilisations.

Doctor Who's oldest and most recognised adversaries are the Daleks. They are encased in a metal armour with an eye stalk at the top and speak in a recognisable metallic voice. This is a talking Dalek watch and has two of their phrases; "Exterminate" and "You would make a good Dalek" which are activated by pressing the two Dalek pictures, one on each half of the strap.

The cover of the watch has a 3D moulding of a Dalek which is swivelled open to reveal the LCD display. As with most novelty watches like this, it has a basic 4 digit display with time, date, and seconds options.

The watch was made by Wesco Limited which is a Zeon sub-brand. It looks to have been made in 2004, and has various copyrights to the BBC and to Terry Nation who was the writer who invented the Daleks.

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Transformers Flying Disc Watch - Autobot

I made a mistake today - i got mixed up and wore a watch I'd worn and blogged before. So I am blogging another boxed watch instead.

Today's watch is one of a line of toys that was made for the Transformers film Revenge of the Fallen.

It was made in China for the UK company Wesco Limited. An online search for the linked website sends you to the Zeon watches site (who are the largest UK watch distributor). The watch was made in 2009, and is copyright 2009 of Hasbro and 2007 of Dreamworks.

This watch is both a basic LCD watch and toy. It has a 4 digit display, with a standard module covering time, date, and seconds. The module is powered by a LR621 battery which is replaceable.

For the toy part, it has a flying disc launcher which can shoot small plastic discs with the transformers logo on.

There is a model number on the box of TF1B.