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Originally Posted by hamid_1
There was indeed a specific Clock Battery. It was called Size C11 - For Transistor Clocks. C11 was the same size as SP11 / HP11 (or a modern R14 or C cell) but I think it was gold and blue...
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I'm sure you're right about the colour scheme, I remember it looked very "posh" compared with the usual SP/HP range. And the "transistor" wording rings a bell too.
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Originally Posted by hamid_1
In the 1980s Ever-Ready was taken over by Hanson who discontinued a lot of the special batteries; presumably they were not profitable enough.
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The clock I mentioned above was manufactured by Hanson, and I think the Ever Ready C11 battery was the original that was supplied with it. I think it was quartz, as it had a seconds hand that stepped rather than swept. It could have been very early 80s rather than late 70s, I suppose.