Years ago, twenty to be exact, I bought this for 2nd Man for our fifth anniversary.
The traditional gift for five years is wood and this is wood! Yeah, I tend to think out side the box, ha.
It's a Philco 37-630T tabletop radio. I did some research, and it is from 1937, so it is almost NINETY years old. We love the art deco styling and super cool retro design with the beautiful wood.
It still worked the last time we plugged it in (a couple of years ago). It takes a little time to warm up, but when it does, it works great, and it even picks up short wave stations. It probably needs a full restoration but when I bought it all those years ago, it had already been cleaned and made to be in working condition.
We haven't had it at the apartment due to space limitations, but we can't wait to find the right spot for it at the new house. We really like the idea of filling the house with both the latest in high tech and then old school vintage or antique tech. It'll be a nice combination of new and old.
Anyway, thought we'd share!
Wonderful! Have y'all ever watched the UK show Repair Shop on Prime Video? Repair folks on that show could tune up your radio if/when it needs it but they're rather far away. We find the show delightful, but we're right much older than y'all are so it's our speed.
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That is beautiful!
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