TRANSISTOR RADIO DESIGN

This is the celebrated Crown TR-670 from 1959. Made in Japan and featuring kick ass design straight off the top shelf! This radio absolutely rocks! Crown made some extremely rare and truly legendary radios during the late 1950’s. In my humble opinion Crown is the only radio manufacturer who can compete with the grandiose designs unleashed by Toshiba during the golden age of transistor radio design.

The manufacturing company behind the Crown brand name was Asahi Radio Co of Japan. I know virtually nothing about Asahi. 

These Crowns feature absolutely divine, rich under-painted face's with lavish gold chevron's and red diamond cut tuning dials! S I X T R A N S I S T O R is written as one word in a very contemporary manner. The textured metal speaker grill is enhanced with the addition of sparkling gold cloth beneath it and it also features a regal little red and gold cloisonné badge in the bottom left corner.

This is pure art design fused with fashion and embodied in the form of vintage electronics!

This Crown TR-670 would have been the radio of choice for the hippest kids on the block in the late 1950’s. I can imagine Mr ‘Chiseled Good Looks’ removing this Crown from the top pocket of his worn leather jacket and leaning it on the table at Big Als Milk Bar on Fifth Avenue. As the sounds of Elvis fill the room he lights a cigarette and keeping it cool he glances sideways at the pretty blond sitting at a nearby table… His pulse quickens momentarily until he realizes that he can never possess her for she only has eyes for his handsome Crown TR-670!

Oh to be as popular as this magnificent radio!

This regal Crown TR-670 comes with a very groovy gift box, leather carry case, leather earphone case, earphone and a vintage Eveready battery. I doubt that the leather case was ever used as it still has the cardboard insert inside.

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