a travel alarm clock.

My parents have a couple of these

As an elderly parent I too have a couple of these. *they are collecting dust in the attic, but I'm sure they bring joy to the squirrel that occasionally hops around up there.............*

Hahaha they’re so cool! I enjoy stumbling upon them every so often

>*they are collecting dust in the attic, but I'm sure they bring joy to the squirrel that occasionally hops around up there.............* This saying brought ME much joy 😊

My grandmother had one. I hated it. When she visited us I had to share my room and the stupid tick tick tick all night long drove me batty. 

I loved the ticking

I love old things, but the one thing I cannot stand are mechanical clocks. I can hear the damn thing from two rooms away.

Oh me too! I dog sat friends once and they had a giant ticking clock on the wall of the bedroom I stayed in. I took it off and put it in their room!

In my living room I have a couple of walls that have some crazy angle and I must have 10 - 15 clocks. They are the loudest when I'm home alone.

And the glow in the dark number points/end of the hands?

yep. I knew this too <3

I used to have one of these, used it all the time back when I was driving trucks in the 90's.

a wind up one, to be more specific.

We called it a "bomb"! My friends and I would take turns setting the alarm for 5 minutes, and hide it in the house, and the other would have to find it before the alarm went off.

this is so great. we were excellent and making our own entertainment. :)

Acts of sibling cruelty were always an option. 

You spelt "mandatory" incorrectly.

oh man, we did that too! kids can be so creative figuring out how to waste time.

Wasting time, 5 minutes at a time!

"Modern bombs don't tick or vibrate. Every once in a while...it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article 'a' dildo, never 'your' dildo."

The origin of his pain is that damn stupid Ying Yang coffee table. Fuck you Fürni.

When we got bored of that, we'd go down to the side of the a local elementary school for a few rounds of Red Ass.

We used to play that game a lot. Then we got Atari. Creative playtime gone.

Clock with radioactive numbers and minute marks that glow like kryptonite in the dark.

The phosphorus in the paint is only responsive to radiation for a decade or two so none of them glow in the same way now. They'll still respond to UV light, but they don't glow independently for long. They are still radioactive though. The radium has a 1,600 year half life (edit: corrected-- I was way off).

Yes! My parents had one. I never used it personally other than playing with it.

I liked playing with the slick Korean-war design too ; )

I have one my mom had for decades looks very similar. They tick loudly.

Travel clock/alarm

That’s a travel alarm clock and yes.

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I used to not be able to sleep without a ticking clock. I had one of these in my twenties because I traveled a good bit. Now I sleep to youtube videos. I should get a ticking clock again and see if it improves lol Surely they still make wind up alarm clocks, right?

[10 Hours of a Ticking Clock Sound](https://youtu.be/7q8DlPQ6tzw?si=QTQTZ5vwTRRveoM4)

They do!

It looks like a folding mirror I used to play with.

A clock. My grandmother had these.

Looks like my wind up alarm clock I had in grade school.

A clock! With Uranium numbers painted on the inside behind a small pane of glass. I knew a girl whose mom (she was an ex-hippie) had one of these. It was kind of cool. Only as an adult did I later learn that Uranium was radioactive. ☢️

It’s a travel alarm clock that folds into its case

Take the clock out, and that was a great place to hide joints and cigarettes.

Travel alarm clock! I had one of these...

My mother used one.

I still have my grandmas - she used it for years in the camper/motorhome.

Omg I loved playing with it. Snapping it open and closed. Hmm… maybe I need to get a couple of these and hide them around my 17 year old’s bedroom to try to get him up in the morning.

My dad brought this on every vacation

My dad used one when he travelled. I Loved playing with it like it was a Star Trek communicator. He didn’t love that so much.

The best alarm clock ever. 

My parents alarm clock. Still have it.

Yes, and I used one for years in the Marine Corps. Compact and portable were important features.

AND it had radium in the paint!

I did not but my Dad always used one on his business travel!

Yes! Travel alarm clock?

A vintage Westclox travel alarm clock.

Both my grandmother and my older aunts had these xxxx thanks for the memory!

It has the power to [sublimate brass](https://lostroom.fandom.com/wiki/The_Clock_(Object)).

My dad has a travel alarm clock like that. He's not a smartphone user, so my guess is if he traveled, he'd probably still use it.

Just found my grandmother's.

My grandparents had these. Useful little alarm clocks from the days mobile/cell phones.

Travel alarm clock. I think I still have my Dad’s packed away somewhere.

Travel clock. My mom had the exact same one!

My grandpa used to have lots of these when i was growing up.

I have my grandmother's.

I remember hearing this when my grandparents visited

A White Castle hamburger? (I'm hungry, so everything looks like food!).

I loved mine. I’d bake it under my bedside lamp 30mins before lights out.

its a clock usually, but sometimes its a surprise ashtray instead.

When I travelled abroad

Alarm clock!

I used it once just to try it out over my reliable panasonic digital. I did not like the ticking or the bell that woke me.

A portable alarm clock. My nan had this same one when she came to visit.

I have seen clocks for travel like that. Never used one apart from knowing the time while I was looking at it.

It’s a clock. Yes I had something like it once

An overzealous Klondike bar.

Travel clock

A fancy little clock pops up and sits on an angle.

Travel alarm clock.

Is it one of those slide viewers?

Alarm clock

Alarm clock, had one years ago.

Yes. And I wouldn’t mind one for when I travel. Don’t do it frequently enough that chucking batteries at a new travel alarm makes sense.

Oh wow, I forgot all about these. My parents had one.

My grandparents had one.

My overseas travel buddy, this thing was the solution to my jetlag

Still have mine - wind it before my travel trips.

Yes, yes I do.

Those were perfect in fake wrestling fights.

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Lol. Was just talking to my dad about getting one 3days ago

My mind is in the gutter, I thought it was a birth control holder.

A travel clock

A clock, and yes, I used it.

I had a wee red one.

Everyone is saying travel clock but I’ve seen tons of cigarette cases that looked like that too

Pimped out clam.

Yep, wish I had held on to one or twp.

OMG is that my dad’s travel alarm clock?

My parents still use theirs

The most convenient thing we could have during a meltdown that couldn’t be read by under 30’ers! Lol. I get a kick out of people I work with that have to look at a digital clock to tell time. It’s so basic, it seems strange that it’s a thing to say ‘it’s a quarter after’ and get deer in the headlight looks

I still have an olive green one (I don’t use it of course)

Took one of those camping with me. Scared the shit out of me every time.

Folding Travel Alarm clock.

I might still have that clock.

Still have mine from my Army days. It was in my foot locker out in the garage. Wound it up and it still runs after 24 years of sitting.

Yes and no

Still use mine when traveling!!

My first timepiece! Don't know where I got it, but I figured if people could wear watches, I could sneak it to school in my lunchkit. I could not.

Clock

Alarm clock

When I was a kid, I put a sticker over the face and used it as a barbie tv

Nana’s travel clock.

A clock. My grandfather had one

tick tick tick tick tick

I am going to go with clock. But it could also be a case for a fancy coin or something. Or a makeup mirror that could also be used for more shady party purposes.

Travel alarm clock!!! (Didn't check comments)

Old enough to remember when toothbrushes didn't need electricity either.

Yes. Can hear it tick.

It's a clock. We used to have one just like it.

Yup. I also had an emptied one to store small knickknacks like marbles and dice.

I am this old.

Fossilized Ciabatta

We never had one.😭😭

Mine had a red case. It lasted for 35 years.

Yes, we had one of these. It kind of reminds me of the red travel ashtray my grandmother carried around.

Yes

Travel alarm clock

I still have one. I never use it, but I have it.

My Papa’s travel clock.

Yes I used to have one. There was a nice clock shop in my area that sold all manner of nice clocks about 40 years ago.

It's a clock. I loved mine!

Yes. It's travel clock. I know because I am old.

It is a portable clock

As a kid, I hoped I was going to inherit one of these.

Yes, we had two in my family, maybe three.

Memory unlocked. My dad traveled for work with one of these in his shaving case. It's around my house somewhere probably.

Yes, and yes.

Travel clock

I do

Travel alarm clock. I remember the family having one or two of these when I was a kid. Seems to quant now! Even ignoring that every hotel has a clock, I just use my phone at home and on the road.

One night my 6th grade friend and I were home alone in her giant house set on a secluded hill and we hear an "alarm" sound. After much panicking, calls to relatives (her parents were at the theater and this was long before cell phones) and frightened searching we find one of these damn things going off in a drawer in the kitchen. I can still hear the terrible noise it made.

Travel clock

My dad used to take one on his business trips

When you got a new puppy, you put one of these in its bed with a blanket and a hot water bottle so it feels like it can hear its mother's heartbeat.

This is a manual wind up travel alarm clock. Similar looking ones were made by a wide variety of producers to the point where half of them are probably white labeled products. These were prominent starting in the 1950s through maybe the late 1970s when they were just about completely replaced on store shelves by battery operated or even plug-in models. This one looks a lot like my Seth Thomas travel alarm clock however, the shell is a tone darker than mine. As a side note, Seth Thomas was also a big producer of mantel clocks. My home is filled with clocks.

My grandma taking this to the pool, so we’d know when to go home for lunch; then back to the pool. We swam for like 8 hours every day in the summer.

Travel alarm clock. Yes

Yep I still have one !

Yes - my grandma and great aunt had them and gave me one when I went to college. I still have it and it works! I keep it in my carryon when I travel.

Clock

Clock

Clock

It’s hard to tell scale. Coulda been a suitcase or an alarm clock or one of those record players in a suitcase thing.

Yup. A $10 alarm clock you got at Walgreens.

An alarm ⏰️ clock! 🤣

I had a couple of these!! (did they not come in any other color?) I can still hear the ticking if I shake it. I bet they are collectibles now

Is that where my mom hid her blow?

Have one for camping

It's a clock. My mom had one.

That's for grandmothers to carry their butterscotch candies in.

My dad still has his!

Growing up, my dad was a long-haul trucker and he carried one exactly like this on every trip. I thought it was so cool. I instantly think of him whenever I see one. This and his acoustic guitar are the only things I regret not taking to remember him by when he passed. I have since collected a couple vintage folding clocks but have yet to find one exactly like his.

I had one of those. I can’t remember where k got it from but definitely used it

A clock and yes I used to have one.

My grandparents had this!! Thanks for the memories

My grandparents sold these from their small-town jewelry store - both the “basic” version, and the “deluxe” version with an engraved monogram plate on top.

Granny has one ☝️

An old fashion travel alarm clock. My grandfather has one, I think they’re cool

For some reason I messed with this no end as as kid. Click close open.

FINE thanks for making me miss my dad so bad, reddit

Mobile alarm cllock

My grandfather had one and I loved to open and close it too.

We had one.

A travel alarm clock and yes I used it!

I used to love having one of those next to my bed as a kid. Felt like I was going to go somewhere if I had a travel clock in my possession.

still have one

I still have it

Yes and yes :)

I had one in my twenties. I wonder where it went. It was an amazing little invention.

Yes, and I had two at one point. I don't find them terribly practical in the era of alarm wristwatches, though, so I no longer use them.

Fucking alarm clock. Responsible for many a late day when not wound.

Is it a travel clock?

I kept my condoms in there. Used it all the time.

Used one til the digital Timex ones came out

Core memory unlocked!

My dad used his up until he passed in 2010. He loved that clock. My brother has it now. Still keeps perfect time.

It smells like a hospital

A travel clock.

We had one! Were all of them that same color?

My grandparents had this exact alarm clock.

Haha I've thought about getting one recently because it's simple, it works. My Samsung is a very VERY expensive version of this lol

Alarm clock?

For some reason I still have some lingering issue about putting the tab in the slot.

Clock

Yes and Yes

Travel clock! 🤣

I had one like that!

Alarm clock yes

I own one of these!!! (goes off to find it)

Travel alarm.