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Circa: ca 1957
Condition: very good, see description
Size: 4.5 ins x 2.75 ins
Country of Origin: Japan
Manufacturer: Sony
This very historic and highly collectible vintage SONY 6 TRANSISTOR MODEL TR-63 POCKET RADIO, ca. 1957, was, at that time, considered the world's smallest radio and Sony's first export model. This little radio changed the electronics world forever and was the first radio to utilize all miniature components. It was also the radio that allowed Sony to coin the word Pocketable or Pocket Radio. It features a pastel yellow plastic case, a dial tuning mechanism and a punched aluminum speaker grill.
Another interesting feature of radios of this era, were the small CD (Civil Defense) marks (triangles or circles)located between the 6-7 and the 12-16 on the tuning dials. These CD marks appeared on all radios made or sold in US from 1953-63 and indicated where the listener should tune to get information should Russia launch a nuclear attack on the US (also known as the Red Scare).
CONDITION: there are no cracks or chips to the plastic body, the aluminum grill is perfect with no dents, dial lettering is in very good condition, however,the red area of the dial has one v-shaped chip and another very small crack (see images). Radio does work, but I can only get static and could not tune into a station. |
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