UniColor Dingle Bell Tested

Last week we discussed timers, somebody mentioned the Dingle Bell, never heard of it


Delivered 2 hours ago, NOS in Box with $30 Gary Camera & Digital price tag. Paid $22 delivered

Been testing it. Very accurate despite mechanical 30 second stops and spring wound. Compared with my iPhone timer well within 2% which is probably my error.

It works backward from a USA made spring wound kitchen timer.

and proudly marked in the mold, Made in W Germany 1972

Made for Color Film development in Unidrum mit Uniroller with multiple custom programing mechanical stops.

No phones in my DR

Mine is Jingle Bell by Unicolor. I got it about ten years ago, new like yours. The good news is it won't rust, but it can break. I love it, but I did have to repair one of the plastic levers inside. Since repair it has worked flawless. The keen worker will have obtained multiple clock faces programmed to various processes. I only have the single clock face.

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You are correct!

LOL

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cb0abfcc_z.jpgIMG-2510 by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by ic-racer

Mine is Jingle Bell by Unicolor. I got it about ten years ago, new like yours. The good news is it won't rust, but it can break. I love it, but I did have to repair one of the plastic levers inside. Since repair it has worked flawless. The keen worker will have obtained multiple clock faces programmed to various processes. I only have the single clock face.

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I thought it looked a bit famiiliar - it looks like a Durst Coltim, but since it says "W Germany", it could well be something that Kaiser manufactured back in the days.

I've had mine for at least 35 years, it was an inexpensive and quite accurate timer.

I've used it continuously since I purchasing it, used it last week in fact. I've always used it in conjunction with a Junghans stop watch, which I've also had for 30 + years. The Junghans is the real exact timer, while the unicolor is the timer that alerts me to get back to whatever is being processed.

Time is set for FP4+ sheet film in D76 1:1 (14 minutes) with the second time set for 5 minutes fixer. :D

Mick.

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I've been using one for a few years and love it.
I found another one last week, new in box at a thrift store for $2.

I have a Durst Coltim which looks to be very closely related to the Unicolor timer, and also says "Made in W.Germany" on the base. It is excellent for printing.

https://www.photrio.com/forum/thread...-coltim.66947/