Fishing Reel Clocks

[Finest Kind]

I was looking through an old copy of Salt Water Sportsman magazine (March 1974) and I saw this ad for fishing reel clocks. They look like they are made with Penn 49M Super Mariner reels. They retained the sideplate which would have been a shame to lose. They look like really high quality clocks, more for an Executive's desk than a man cave. Pretty nice.
John

[thrasher]

I have always wanted to take a 16/0 picture sideplate and make a wall clock out of it. One of these days I'll get around to it, maybe even one of those table lamps made out of the butt section of a rod while I'm at it. Or even better, the table lamp with one of those clocks mounted in the reel seat.

Thanks for posting, cool idea!

[Cuttyhunker]

They pop up on ebay and other sites for large bucks...pretty cool though.

[Maxed Out]

2 have auctioned on eBay in the last 90 days. 1 had 5 bids and sold for $105. The other had 4 bids and sold for $205. Thats about the average price range for one in a auction format

Here's the 2 that I mentioned had recently sold on ebay

[Finest Kind]

Thank you for that information Cuttyhunker and Maxed Out! For some reason I didn't think of eBay. There are a couple on there now in the 'Buy It Now' format for really crazy prices. Those auction prices seem pretty reasonable though. I imagine they sold for quite a bit back in the 1970's. Originally I thought the clocks still had the original side plates. Now I see from the pictures Ted posted that they don't. Still really nice though.

[whalebreath]

Always liked these local products

[thorhammer]

Now you'd get a 330GTI with an Iphone 9 mounted in it for a clock.

[Finest Kind]

I like that idea. Love my 330GTi, and my iPhone I might like better if it was a clock!