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Old 10-12-2020, 04:05 PM
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Allied Radio Shack Chronomatic 5 Clock Radio

Hello everyone, today I found a late 1960s early 1970s vintage Allied Radio Shack Chronomatic 5 AM/FM Clock Radio (rebadged Sony Clock Radio) at Goodwill and I would like some information about the unit, like which model of Sony Clock Radio this unit actually is, and when it was actually made (my guess of late 1960s or early 1970s is just a guess as I can't seem to find much information about this clock radio online).

It has an RF stage, and 3 IF stages for both the AM and FM sections and seems to of been a pretty decent unit, and the clock has a neon backlight bulb (which is bad of course), and has a Telechron movement in it.

like I said it seems to of been a fairly decent unit, and I would like to know more about it and I would like to know an exact age for this unit, it does have a date code stamped on the inside of the back cover but I have no idea how to read it.

See the pictures below, and thanks for your help.
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Old 10-12-2020, 06:19 PM
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“New for 72” see catalog page:

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/ht...2-a/hr071.html

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Old 10-12-2020, 07:04 PM
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“New for 72” see catalog page:

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/ht...2-a/hr071.html

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So 1972, interesting, a little bit later than I was thinking but not much later, still in the early 70's range that I was thinking.

Definitely a rebadged Sony, but as to which model of Sony, I'm not sure, do you know which model of Sony this was a rebadge of?
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Old 10-12-2020, 08:03 PM
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It might be related to or inspired by this Sony

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NzynFIw2P2c

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Old 10-12-2020, 08:35 PM
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It might be related to or inspired by this Sony

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NzynFIw2P2c

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Yeah, I saw that video in my own research, it definitely is very similar to what I have. Except mine is AM/FM and that one is AM only, I wonder if the AM'/FM version wasn't as common because I didn't see any AM/FM versions of the Sony version of my clock in my searches, just the AM only versions, also the front knob positions are slightly different between the Sony and the Rat Shack version.
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