Coin-Op Scale in Singapore

[loman4ec]

Well I found my first cool vending machine in Singapore. I don't think I will try to buy it buy but I wanted to show it off. I was going to dinner at Tony Roma's here in Singapore when I saw this in the lobby of the building I parked in. This is a really old building and is really quite run down so there is a chance it could be old. The whole scale is porcelain and the dial is in lbs and kg. It is Singapore $0.10 which is about US$0.07. I have been here for over two years and this is the first vintage vending machine I have found. This country is obsessed with everything being new so nothing that is outdated is kept and with 4.5 million people on a 17 mile long country you can imagine there isn't a lot of space. Even cars must be scrapped after 10 years (except luxury and exotic cars). I just thought I would share. What do you think is it old or just look old? It looks 60's to me ??

[collecture]

Looks late 60's to early 70's to me
I can't make it out - who made it?

[davethebirdman]

Hi Josh

They are Avery Scales. Late 50's through to late 60's probably...
You guys are always talking about what you saw when growing up well these are
the scales I remember from the local chemist (Drugstore) They were everywhere...

They come up on Ebay UK quite regularly and I have been tempted to buy one in the past...
Have seen them as low as $100 and as high as $500

Dave
 

[davethebirdman]

Here's something similar on Ebay at the moment...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AVERY-20-ST-SCALES-COLLECTORS-PHARMACY-SCALES-RARE_W0QQitemZ160271915136QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160271915136&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Keep looking something will come up to suprise you...