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The Decline and Fall of the Gilbert Company

When A.C. Gilbert died, his son (A.C. Gilbert, Jr.) tried to pick up the reins. Unfortunately, the insidious influence of Television was beginning to make its presence known. The Boy who read science books did magic tricks was all of a sudden a real nerd. The Gilbert company tried to adapt, but it was too little, too late. The company went down in flames offering (of all things) dolls for Boys. (O.K. they were called "action figures" but a doll is a doll...)



The Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set



This is a relatively new set from the 1960s period when the Gilbert Company finally recognized the existence of Girls.

Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set A.C. Gilbert Company

The Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set
Girls are pictured -- and they are actually participating!
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This is an unusual kit -- I am not really sure that there are enough materials to actually plate a baby shoe -- the tank does not look big enough. Gilbert often went overboard with advertising, as we have seen with some of the early ads (above).

Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set A.C. Gilbert Company   Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set A.C. Gilbert Company   Chemistry of Plating and Paints Set A.C. Gilbert Company

Details of the Plating and Paint Set
The Mysterious X-B-L Ray Gun has us stumped...
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We had the following letter from a reader:

"... The information is stamped on both sides of the white handle of the X-B-L Ray Gun is as follows:

X-B-L RAY GUN
A.C.Gilbert Co
New Haven, Conn USA
CAT.NO.BLI
120 VOLTS
.25 WATTS
USE CAT.NO.AR3 LAMP ONLY
What type of bulb is this? ..."

Our reader eventually solved the problem for himself and found that GE actually makes an "AR3" bulb. Now, our question is: "What kind of mysterious rays are emitted by a quarter watt bulb!



The Pottery Set



By the 1970s, Gilbert had been bitten by the "safety" bug and offered this fairly innocuous "pottery set" in 1972. It did not involve firing of the clay, so it really is a challenge to kids to make mud pies. It did not sell well.

A.C. Gilbert Company Pottery Set

The Safe and Boring Pottery Set

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The Slot Car Set



A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set

The Slot Car Set

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Toward the end of the Gilbert Company's life, a slot car racing set was offered. The system was derived from experience with American Flyer trains. Here are some representative models.

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set Shipping box    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set -- transformer    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set -- track    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set -- car and controller

The Slot Car Components
Outer Cardboard Shipping Box
(left) Transformer (middle) Track (right) Car and controller
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Here are some closeups of the cars.

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set

Representative Gilbert Slot Cars
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Gilbert sold a variety of after-market accessories. This is a paper cutout kit that made a grandstand for the raceway. The box was part of the construction.

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set  aftermarket grandstand building kit    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set  aftermarket grandstand building kit

The Grandstand Kit

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set -- Lap Counter Box    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set Lap Timer Box    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set Lap Timer

Lap Counter and Lap Timer

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set  aftermarket building kit    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set

The Slot Car Set

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The next two accessories show that the Gilbert Company had not completely lost its respect for the Boy's intelligence. The word chicane is an obscure part of road racing jargon -- it refers to any "diversion" that is used to control the flow of traffic so that the race includes handling as well as pure speed. A series of "S-Curves" might be used. Here are more examples. The word simply means "diversion" in French and has the same root as "chicanery" that refers to a diversion of attention as part of an illusion. Certainly, Mattel's competing Hot Wheels never thought that the Boy could understand or appreciate such language in advertising.

A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set instructions for Which lane Chicane    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set  fly-over chicane    A.C. Gilbert Company Slot Car Set Which lane Chicane

The Chicanes

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Sadly, the slot car set suffered from quality control problems and many were returned, hastening the demise of the Gilbert Company.



Moon McDare Action Figure Set



A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Action Figure

Moon McDare Action Figure
Dolls for Boys!!!
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In 1966, the rapidly failing Gilbert Company tried to get into the Action Figure basis -- ending the business on the ironic note of making dolls for Boys to dress (see jumpsuit below) and play with.

Moon McDare was an all-American astronaut, 11.5" tall and fully jointed for every natural body motion. The original McDare doll came in a jump suit and boots, but a wide variety of accessories were available, everything needed for space walking and moon exploring: complete, authentic space suit and helmet, oxygen tanks, communications set and many other accessories that really work! His faithful dog, The Space Mutt, came with his own space suit and equipment.

A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Jumpsuit    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Acessory Set No. 16286    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Acessory Set # 16283    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Acessory Set

The Jumpsuit and Moon McDare Accessory Sets
(left) #16286 (middle) #16283 (right) # 16285
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Here is Moon McDare's intrepid companion, the Space Mutt, who came complete with his own Space Suit Helmet and Oxygen Tanks. He was jointed and sits and stands like a real dog.

A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Space Mutt    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Space Mutt    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Space Mutt

The Space Mutt
His Bubble Helmet is VERY hard to find...
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Here are close-ups of some of the individual accessories.

A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Moon McDare Power Pack    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Geiger Counter    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Communicator    A.C. Gilbert Company Moon McDare Spacemutt Oxygen pack

Closeup of Accessories
(l. to r.) Power pack, Geiger Counter, Communicator, Spacemutt's Oxygen
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As shown above, accessory Sets were packaged in shrink-wrap containers and included the following:

  • #16281 Moon McDare Space Suit Outfit
    • Complete Suit
    • Helmet (3 piece)
    • Boots (pair)
    • Gloves (pair)
    • Suit Air Conditioner
    • Action Space Gun that shoots harmless space projectiles
  • #16282 Moon McDare's Space Mutt Set
  • #16283 Moon McDare Moon Explorer Set
    • Oxygen Tanks/Power Pack (requires 2 "AA" pen cell type batteries, not included)
    • Operating Blinker Light Attachment that Plugs into Power Pack
    • Space Ray Gun which also plugs in
    • Retractable Umbilical Cord and Pack
    • Communications Set with Working Compass
    • Geiger counter that ticks realistically
    • Movie Camera
  • #16284 Moon McDare Action Communication Set
    • Oxygen Tanks/Power Pack
    • Operating Blinker Light
    • Space Camera
  • #16285 Moon McDare Space Gun Set Spring Action Space Gun with spears and Ticking Geiger Counter
  • #16286 Moon McDare Space Accessory Pack
    • Working Binoculars
    • Retractable Umbilical Cord and Pack
    • Communication Set with Real Compass

Moon McDare was marketed by all the major toy stores and also in department store catalogs like Sears, JCPenney, Montgomery Wards, and Spiegel in their Christmas Catalogs. Usually McDare accompanied other figures produced by Gilbert, including James Bond figures, Honey West and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. characters Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo. The weapons and accessories offered for Moon McDare were similar to G.I. Joe accessories but of slightly lesser quality.



James Bond Action Figure



A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Action Figure

James Bond Action Figure
Represents Sean Connery in Thunderball
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The James bond fad of the 1960s produced a wide variety of toys and action figures related to the genre. This one has an "action arm" that raises to discharge a "real cap-firing pistol." The Boy could also dress the doll in a scuba set, somewhat apropos since about half of Thunderball was filmed underwater. There isn't a whole lot of imagination here.

A.C. Gilbert Company OddJob Action Figure    A.C. Gilbert Company OddJob Hand puppet

The Oddjob Action Figure
Posable Action Figure and Hand Puppet
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Perhaps the most memorable villain (of many) in the Bond films was Goldfinger's driver/henchman "Oddjob" -- a Korean martial arts expert with a bizarre steel-rimmed hat that could be thrown like a frisbee with lethal results. (He decapitates a statue in one scene...) Director Guy Hamilton cast Harold Sakata, an Olympic silver medalist weight lifter, as Oddjob after seeing him on a wrestling program. Hamilton called Sakata an "absolutely charming man", and found that "he had a very unique way of moving, soin creating Oddjob I used all of Harold's own characteristics". Sakata was badly burned when filming his death scene at the end of the film.

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Spy Camera    A.C. Gilbert Company Instructions for the James Bond Spy Camera

The "Spy Camera

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Aston-Martin DB-5    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Aston-Martin DB-5    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Aston-Martin DB-5

The Aston-Martin DB-5
with an ejectable passenger...
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The Gilbert company was able to supply all sort of accessories (Made-in-Japan) for the James Bond doll. Here is the kind of 1960s-Tech wristwatch that might have been supplied by Q-Branch and the famous Aston-Martin DB-5 from Goldfinger.

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Slot Car Set    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond  Slot Car - notethat tire cutters are gone    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Slot Car Set

Re-Enact the DB-7 Chase - Without the Tire Cutters

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Accessories Figurine of M    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Accessories Figurine of Domino from Thunderball    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Accessories Goldfingers Laser table    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond s Disguise kit

"M", "Domino",Goldfinger's Laser Table and Bond's disguise kit as separates

 Gilbert James Bond Tableau from Dr. No     Gilbert James Bond Tableau from Goldfinger

You could also buy little tableaux
right: "I don't expect you to talk, Mr. Bond - I expect you to die"

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Accessories - Dr. No fire tank and the Disco Volante    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Accessories  attache case goldfingers pool table and Ms desk    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Figurines, slot car scale

More Bond Equipment
The "Cap Firing Tommy Gun" and a couple of Grenades
Props from Thunderball and Goldfinger
The figurines are O Scale Accessories for the slot car set
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Speaking of that Aston-Martin, the Gilbert folks adapted their slot car set (above) to represent the famous chase scene from Goldfinger. Unfortunately the tire cutters that extended from the hubcaps proved to be a major flaw. The note above tells the poor kid that they have been removed. (No Bond Slot Car Set is complete without this note...)

A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Figurines display    A.C. Gilbert Company James Bond Figurines display

"O" Scale Figurines Store Display
Collect all three sets...
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In addition to the cars, a variety of O-scale figurines were available (sold in bubble packages from racks like those above) representing the various characters in the film. Also, accessories including Bond's famous attache case, Goldfinger's "transformer" pool table and "M"'s armored desk top along with many others were also sold.



Honey West Action Figure



A.C. Gilbert Company Honey West Action Figure

Honey West Action Figure
Note the high heels... Click to Enlarge

Honey West, a slinky, glamorous female private eye, was something new to television. In an era when actresses were confined to sedate housewife and girlfriend roles, this series marked a unique and original departure. This was the first dramatic TV series in the U.S. with a female star in an action-adventure role traditionally played by a male actor. In addition to being television's first modern, independent, self-sufficient woman, Honey frequently engaged in energetic fight scenes and shootouts. It was unprecedented to see a beautiful, curvacious woman in a catsuit beating up male attackers with a high-kick, judo-flip, or well-placed karate chop.

In keeping with the secret agent trend of the '60s, Honey was outfitted with a number of James Bond-type gimmicks: an exploding compact, a garter-belt gas mask, and tear-gas earrings. Her partner and man-Friday "Sam" (John Ericson) usually stayed in the background or sat in their high-tech surveillance van talking to Honey via a radio hidden in her lipstick case. Their relationship was kept platonic, and Honey usually had to rescue him instead of the other way around.



U.N.C.L.E. Action Figures



A.C. Gilbert Company Ilya Kuryakin Action Figure    A.C. Gilbert Company Ilya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo Action Figure    A.C. Gilbert Company Man from U.N.C.L.E Napoleon Solo Action Figure

The Man From U.N.C.L.E Action Figure
Ilya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo
David McCallum a little older on NCIS
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The series centered on a two-man troubleshooting team working for a world-wide confederation of spy organizations called "U.N.C.L.E", The United Network Command for Law Enforcement. American Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn), and Russian Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Leo G. Carroll played Alexander Waverly, the British head of the organization (Number One of Section One).

The series, though fictional, achieved such notability as to have artifacts (props, costumes and documents, and a video clip) from the show included in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's exhibit on spies and counterspies. Similar exhibits can be found in the museums of the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies and organizations involved with intelligence gathering.

U.N.C.L.E.'s archenemy was a vast organization known as THRUSH (originally named WASP in the series pilot movie). The original series never explained what the acronym THRUSH stood for, THRUSH's aim was to conquer the world. Napoleon Solo said, "THRUSH believes in the two-party system: the masters and the slaves." So dangerous was the threat from THRUSH that governments, even those most ideologically opposed such as the United States and the USSR, cooperated in the formation and operation of U.N.C.L.E.

A.C. Gilbert Company U.N.C.L.E. Accessories - cap firing tommy gun    A.C. Gilbert Company Mysterious cap-firing gun    A.C. Gilbert Company Man from U.N.C.L.E accessories

Rifles, The Cap-Firing Gun, Miscellaneous Spy Equipment
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No wonder the Gilbert company folded...



Martian Magic Set



A.C. Gilbert Company Martian Magic Set Cover    A.C. Gilbert Company Martian Magic Set Instructions    A.C. Gilbert Company Martian Magic Set Interior

The Martian Magic Set
Ray Walson as "Uncle Martin"
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The Gilbert Company never stopped producing magic sets. This set repackaged the old Mysto illusions for the Space Age, building on the popularity of the TV show My Favorite Martian. starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby.



Model Airplanes



The very last gasp of the Gilbert Company was in the area of gasoline powered Model Airplanes, possibly because some bright young man at an advertising agency thought of a tie-in to the company's American Flyer trains. In fact, the 1962 catalogue begins with Airplanes, relgating Erector sets and Trains to dead last.

 A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes    A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes

 A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes

 A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes

A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes Plane-Away Catapult    Effinger Catapult Patent No. 2,860,620

A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes
They even made the Plane-Away Catapult
Effinger Catapult Patent No. 2,860,620
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There was some reasonable hope that this strategy would succed, since the company had retained William L Effinger Jr., founder and President of the legendary Berkeley Models. Like A.C. Gilbert, Effinger turned his lifelong passion into a successful business. He was born May 29, 1917, in the Bronx. As a boy, he frequented the Curtiss factory in Garden City and the Army Air Corps training fields (Roosevelt, Curtiss and Mitchell.) As such, he became intimately familiar with the details of airplane construction and became well-known as a model-builder. He founded Berkeley Models (located on Berkeley Place in Brooklyn) in the middle of the Depression.

 Photo of William Effinger, Jr     Bill Berkeley alter ego of William Effinger, Jr

William Effinger, Jr and his alter ego Bill Berkeley
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The first Berkeley kit (The Buhl "Pup") was produced in 1934 and was an instant hit. In the 1950s, Berkely became famous for the "Zilch" a landmark control-line stunt/combat model.

 Berkley Models Buhl Pup Model Airplanes    Berkley Models Zilch Model Airplanes    Berkeley Zilch Model  Patent No,2523902    Berkeley Zilch Model  Patent No 2523902



The Buhl "Pup" and "Zilch"
Effinger patent for the Zilch, No 2,523,902 Click to Enlarge

During WWII, Bill served in the South Pacific and even created a radio-controlled SBD for "hazardous missions" After World War II Berkeley produced new scale and Control Line kits. In the 1930s and 1940s Berkeley cement (lightweight high strength glue) was a popular item. Silkspan, the covering paper that is still widely used today, was introduced by Berkeley in the late 1930s.

Berkeley Sin-Jet made for jetex 1952-1954    Effinger Jet-rocket patent No.2,771,212

Experiments with Jet Power
Effinger Jet-rocket patent No.2,771,212
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In the late 1940s and mid 1950s, jet power was all the rage in the model world. A small British company produced the Jetex reusable "jet engine" -- it was really a small low-power solid-fuel rocket. Many modelers wanted to step up into the world of jet power and for a time, Jetex was the standard, although there were problems with reliability and standardization. It appears that Mr. Effinger both designed models to use Jetex and also invented an improvement on that system.

In the mid-1950s Bill sold the assets of Berkeley. In 1959, he returned to New York and became a project engineer for A.C. Gilbert Company. He developed the "American Flyer" line of ready-to-fly plastic models.

 A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes    A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes

The Gilbert "Thunderhead" Model Airplane Engine
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The AC Gilbert American Flyer .11 "Thunderhead" model airplane engine was was the work of famed model designers Bob Holland and Hi Johnson. It was manufactured in the early 60's for the AC Gilbert company, This is a very good model airplane engine and is fairly easy to find as a large number of engines were left unsold in the Gilbert warehouse and passed around the chain of businesses who speculate in these items. As you can see below, Mr. Effinger held some of the key patents for the "Thunderhead."

A.C. Gilbert Model Airplanes     Effinger Patent for the Thunderhead Engine No.  3,064,309     Effinger Patent for the Thunderhead Engine No.  3,064,309

Effinger Patent for the "Thunderhead" Engine No. 3,064,309
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The only trouble is that if they sit long, the lubricant used in their manufacture will get hard. A considerable amount of time and energy are required to recondition a "Thunderhead". If you are buying one, make sure that the seller shows you that it is not just an inert piece of sculpture. The photo shows the original unsealed Gilbert hanging card with instructions on back, the .11 engine itself, an original Gilbert fuel tank and hose, extra glowhead, universal glowhead wrench, mufflers and screws (one short and one long as originally supplied by Gilbert to allow engine offset for control line operation), a spool of original control line thread, mounting screws, and one of the original Gilbert 7-3 pitch propellors. These propellors may have degenerated to the point that it is not a good idea to use one at 4,500 rpm, as it is likely to throw off "shrapnel".

 A.C. Gilbert Wing Thin Model Airplane

George Wanner Flexible wing kite patent No 2,537,560    Francis Rogallo felexible kite patent No. 2,546,078     Effinger Flexible Wing Model Patent No.3,153,877     Effinger Flexible Wing Model Patent No.3,153,877

The "Wing Thing" and Breakthrough Flexible Wing Patents
George Wanner flexible wing kite patent No 2,537,560
Francis Rogallo felexible kite patent No. 2,546,078
Effinger Flexible Wing Model Patent No.3,153,877
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While at Gilbert, Effinger collaborated with Henry Struck joined to develop the first ready-to-fly gas powered Flex-Wing airplane model. The patent rights for the Wanner Wing (also known as the NASA Rogallo Wing) were purchased by Gilbert and 200,000 Wing-Thing kits were produced using this concept. All modern parachutes and hang gliders stem from these patents. Bill Effinger shared a lot of joy and drive with A. C. Gilbert and created very high quality airplanes that are still desirable today. Unfortunately, the rest of the Gilbert company was rapidly being devoured by coroprate shenannigans. The Model Airplanes were the last high quality innovative product to emerge from the Gilbert company but it was too little too late.



Gilbert Watches



Gilbert also made a number of theme inspired watches.

First, we'll look at the "Bronco" watch in its original packaging.

 Gilbert Bronco watch

The Gilbert Bronco Watch
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Next is the James Bond Spy Watch, the perfect complement to the James Bond Action Figures shown above. The watch was made in the 1960s as a toy, although it, like the "Bronco" is a relatively high quality timepiece. In some sources, you will read that this has a "Swiss Movement" (back in the 1960s that meant something). A close inspection of the watch reveals that only the "case" was made in Switzerland.

 Gilbert James Bond Spy watch     Gilbert James Bond Spy watch     Gilbert James Bond Spy watch

The Gilbert James Bond Spy Watch
Not exactly a concealed weapon...
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The watch (alone) is 60mm in diameter, and it is in a rectangular case that is approximately 125 mm by 75 mm, something that would be hard to conceal; if you are reading this in 2050, the thing was about the size of the old "iPhone", but was strapped to a kid's wrist. It had two "sighting lenses" that can be pulled out of the the large plate-case (they don't appear to have any use beyond that...) It has a very unusual display. There is no hour hand -- according to the literature, there is and "easy to read jump hour" (i.e. "digital") display for hours, but analogue hands for seconds and minutes. There is an adjustable bezel that can be used to show the time in other spy-related cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, Rekyavik, the Azores, Tokyo and Bermuda. It should have the original red, white and blue striped nylon strap, supposedly the official colors of NATO. (often you see these with plain black straps.)

These are offered in the online auctions with some regularity and generally sell for around $600 in 2010 dollars; perfect new-old-stock versions with box, guarantee, etc, etc, can sell for $900 or more.

Here is another theme watch made by the Gilbert Company, this time building upon the popularity of the Batman television show featuring Adam West (before he became the Mayor of Quahog, R.I.)

 Gilbert Batman Watch     Gilbert Batman Watch     Gilbert Batman Watch

 Gilbert Batman Watch

The Gilbert Batman Watch
Just tells the time...
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This watch does not appear to have any secret features. The hour and minute hands are bat-wings. The watch is antimagnetic, just in case you get caught in one of the Joker's force fields. Since Batman only stays in Gotham City, there is no international time functionality.

Here is another watch based on the popular G.I. Joe action figures. Like the Bond watch, it is just a little big to bring into combat. But, the large Eagle would definitely appeal to patriotic boys.

 Gilbert G.I. Joe Watch     Gilbert G.I. Joe Watch

The Gilbert G.I. Joe Watch
Everything the hero needs in battle...
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