I own a specialty advertising company, now in our 45th year - and I was in the industry for many years prior to establishing my own firm. We are now in the semi-retirement stages and I am offering our somewhat unusual advertising pieces collected over the years. Among our better suppliers was Barlow. Barlow is an outstanding manufacturer of quality knives, lighters, writing instruments, etc. For some time now it has been owned by a corporation called Norwood. Frankly, I preferred the line when it was independent. For a relatively brief period of "time" - pardon the pun - Barlow teamed up with Seth Thomas and marketed part of the Seth Thomas line through the advertising specialty industry. Seth Thomas made the time pieces and Barlow handled the imprinting. I found this rather unusual travel alarm clock among my Barlow samples from the 1990 period. An insert piece of clear Mylar is printed on the back for permanent protection. The Mylar is then recessed into the top panel. This sample has multi-color advertising copy for a company called "Intercontental" - along with "Barlow Sample No. B320". The very nice and compact Seth Thomas travel alarm pops up to open and has a distinctive gold face plate. It was made in Hong Kong and still works perfectly. (I have visited Hong Kong, and they make very quality merchandise). Frankly, I do not recall this from the Barlow line, and never personally sold any. I sold mostly from the fine knife line-up, and on occasion their lighters (when smoking was in vogue). I searched the internet to find a comparable, but there was none to be found. Not saying there are none of these around, but they have to be few and far between. I doubt if it was in the line very long. The size closed is 3" x 2.25" x .625", and in exceptional condition - virtually as new. Only $22.00 INCLUDING FREE DOMESTIC DELIVERY!!! What an excellent addition to any Barlow collection, or collector of time pieces. From a smoke-free, pet-free climate controlled environment. Plus - With every order you receive a free hand-drawn in ink personalized cartoon thank you note! Thanks for looking... |