FEBRUARY
THE
COIN
Coin
Slot Magazine
- #006 SLOT
- 1975 - February [International
Arcade Museum]
1975
WATLING'S
Bell De Luxe
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CHICAGO, ILL. i*1*
THE ORIGINAL JUDGE.
THE FAMOUS OWL.
WATLING CREATIONS
This page shows a few of the creations of Tom Watlings "Watling
Scale Company, Fulton St., Chicago, 111." The console models were
circa the 1890s, and the bells are from about 1910. Note that there was
a great deal of design stealing in those days, with Watling, Mills, and
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The term "Bell",
reel slot machine, was used by all
rcad three
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manufacturers,
Fey christening the first thre« reel
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/ww Bell", in 1895. In 1910 Herbert S. Mills (who
machine the : "Liberty
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ht and Company in 1899) brought out his first thref reel
started Mills
Caille making almost identical products, often using the same names,
slot. It looked very similar to Fey's, and was called "The Operators
Bell."
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