1980s Yellow Animated Chicken Alarm Clock by Five Rams

$74.00
A cheerful vintage Five Rams mechanical alarm clock with a bright yellow case, chrome twin bells, bold black numerals, luminous-style hands, and a wonderfully playful farmyard dial. The standout detail is the animated chicken scene: when the clock is running, the chicken pecks while the red second hand sweeps around the dial.

This clock is mechanical, wind-up, and fully tested. It ticks, keeps time, the alarm works, and the animated chicken motion works as it should. Two listing videos are included: one showing the alarm function and one close-up video of the chicken pecking. Etsy listing videos do not support playable audio, so the alarm video shows the function visually. Want to hear it? An audio demonstration is available on request—just send us a message.

📚 Historical Context

Some clocks wake you up politely. Others show up in a yellow jacket, ring two chrome bells, and bring a chicken to work.

Five Rams, also known through the Wuyang/Five Goat tradition, is tied to Guangzhou, China, where the “five rams” symbol has long been associated with the city itself. The Guangzhou clock and watch industry grew heavily during the mid-20th century, with mechanical alarm clocks becoming one of its recognizable everyday products. These clocks were built for the job: wind them, set them, trust them to rattle the room when morning came.

By the late 1970s and 1980s, Chinese alarm clocks like this leaned into bold color, bright printed dials, chrome bells, and simple but charming mechanical animation. This one takes the classic twin-bell alarm format and gives it a bit of barnyard theater: a hen, chicks, green landscape art, and a moving pecking detail that turns a practical bedside clock into a small mechanical scene.

It is not luxury clockmaking, and it is not trying to be. It is the kind of honest, colorful, mass-produced mechanical clock that did its job, survived the morning, and somehow came out the other side with more personality than half the things on a nightstand today.

✨ Condition Notes

- Clock ticks and keeps time.
- Alarm has been tested and works.
- Animated chicken pecking motion works when the clock is running.
- Bright yellow case presents well with light surface wear from age.
- Chrome bells, handle, feet, and hardware show light vintage wear and minor spotting.
- Dial is colorful and readable with charming farmyard artwork.
- Glass is intact and clear with light age-related wear.
- Back is marked “Made in China.”
- Mechanical wind-up movement. No batteries required.
- Two videos included: one showing the alarm function and one close-up of the moving chicken animation.

📏 Measurements

Height: ~6.25 in
Width: ~5 in
Depth: ~2.25 in

📦 Packaging

Clock will be professionally padded and boxed with care.
A cheerful vintage Five Rams mechanical alarm clock with a bright yellow case, chrome twin bells, bold black numerals, luminous-style hands, and a wonderfully playful farmyard dial. The standout detail is the animated chicken scene: when the clock is running, the chicken pecks while the red second hand sweeps around the dial.

This clock is mechanical, wind-up, and fully tested. It ticks, keeps time, the alarm works, and the animated chicken motion works as it should. Two listing videos are included: one showing the alarm function and one close-up video of the chicken pecking. Etsy listing videos do not support playable audio, so the alarm video shows the function visually. Want to hear it? An audio demonstration is available on request—just send us a message.

📚 Historical Context

Some clocks wake you up politely. Others show up in a yellow jacket, ring two chrome bells, and bring a chicken to work.

Five Rams, also known through the Wuyang/Five Goat tradition, is tied to Guangzhou, China, where the “five rams” symbol has long been associated with the city itself. The Guangzhou clock and watch industry grew heavily during the mid-20th century, with mechanical alarm clocks becoming one of its recognizable everyday products. These clocks were built for the job: wind them, set them, trust them to rattle the room when morning came.

By the late 1970s and 1980s, Chinese alarm clocks like this leaned into bold color, bright printed dials, chrome bells, and simple but charming mechanical animation. This one takes the classic twin-bell alarm format and gives it a bit of barnyard theater: a hen, chicks, green landscape art, and a moving pecking detail that turns a practical bedside clock into a small mechanical scene.

It is not luxury clockmaking, and it is not trying to be. It is the kind of honest, colorful, mass-produced mechanical clock that did its job, survived the morning, and somehow came out the other side with more personality than half the things on a nightstand today.

✨ Condition Notes

- Clock ticks and keeps time.
- Alarm has been tested and works.
- Animated chicken pecking motion works when the clock is running.
- Bright yellow case presents well with light surface wear from age.
- Chrome bells, handle, feet, and hardware show light vintage wear and minor spotting.
- Dial is colorful and readable with charming farmyard artwork.
- Glass is intact and clear with light age-related wear.
- Back is marked “Made in China.”
- Mechanical wind-up movement. No batteries required.
- Two videos included: one showing the alarm function and one close-up of the moving chicken animation.

📏 Measurements

Height: ~6.25 in
Width: ~5 in
Depth: ~2.25 in

📦 Packaging

Clock will be professionally padded and boxed with care.