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1955 · Williams

Race the Clock

Turquoise sunburst of radiating white rays, scattered four-pointed white star sparkles, lozenge-patterned top border and red-and-white striped corner arrows.

Year
1955
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Race the Clock backglass

Backglass

  • turquoise
  • red
  • yellow
  • black

Fingerprint: race clock, big black clock-face dial at bottom centre ringed with white numerals, vertical PLAYERS column of four colored numbered circles tied to four colored score windows, two curly-haired women's heads in bottom corners, turquoise sunburst field sprinkled with white star sparkles

Distinctive

The dominant feature is a big black clock-face dial at the bottom centre, ringed with white numerals 12, 3, 6 and 9, enclosing a red script logo. Above it runs a vertical PLAYERS column of four coloured numbered circles (red, green, yellow, red) that ties the four coloured score windows into one layout. Two curly-haired women's heads flank the dial at the bottom corners. The whole backglass sits on a turquoise sunburst field sprinkled with white star sparkles.

Setting

  • Turquoise sunburst of radiating white rays
  • Scattered four-pointed white star sparkles
  • Lozenge-patterned top border
  • Red-and-white striped corner arrows

Symbols

  • Clock face / stopwatch dial
  • Black clock numerals 12 3 6 9
  • White dot dial markers
  • Four-pointed star sparkles
  • Sunburst rays
  • Colour-coded numbered player circles
  • Score reels in windows

Lettering

  • Chunky mid-century sans-serif capitals in white with dark outline on coloured panels; players in red block caps on a white cartouche; race clock in slanted red script inside the dial

Themes

  • Racing
  • Stopwatch
  • Timed competition
  • Mid-century pinwheel
  • Four-player

Title on it

  • Race clock

Text on it

  • PLAYERS
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • 3rd PLAYER
  • 4th PLAYER
  • RACE CLOCK
  • 1 to 4 can play
  • 12
  • 3
  • 6
  • 9
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Bottom left corner, head and shoulders only: fair-skinned blonde woman with short tightly curled frizzy hair, arched dark eyebrow, smiling open-mouthed, wearing a red top, head tilted slightly right and looking inwards toward the centre
Woman Bottom right corner, head and shoulders only: fair-skinned woman with short curly red/orange hair, dark eye, red lips, bare shoulders, facing left and looking inwards toward the centre
Full description

Vertically oriented backglass on a turquoise-blue background of radiating sunburst rays with scattered four-pointed white star sparkles. A narrow decorative border of rounded lozenges in red, yellow and green runs along the top edge, with red-and-white striped arrow shapes at the top corners. Four cream-outlined score windows are arranged symmetrically around the edges: top left a red box and top right a green box, mid left a yellow box and mid right a red box, each a rounded rectangle containing three small dark rectangular score reels. A vertical centre column runs from the top middle down, headed by the word PLAYERS in red capitals on a white cartouche with a yellow keyline, under which four stacked numbered circles (1 red, 2 green, 3 yellow, 4 red) lead down to a yellow-and-orange arched tunnel or clock opening. At the bottom centre sits a large black circular dial ringed with white numerals 12, 3, 6 and 9 and white dot markers, enclosing a red script logo. Two painted women appear head-and-shoulders in the bottom corners: a blonde on the left and a red-haired one on the right.