Nelsonic Industries

Nelsonic Industries
IndustryElectronic watches, alarm clocks, wall and home clocks
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Headquarters
Long Island City, Queens New York City, New York
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U.S.

Nelsonic Industries is an American electronics manufacturing and development company that operated from Long Island City, Queens, New York City[2] in the early 1980s and throughout the 1990s when it was acquired by the watch-manufacturer, M.Z. Berger. Nelsonic produced numerous toy-themed wristwatches, often targeting younger audiences with likenesses of characters from popular franchises such as Barbie, the Ghostbusters, and Mario. Nelsonic became notable during the early mid-1980s for being the first electronics company in the United States to produce game-watches (multi-purpose electronic devices capable of functioning as both a time-piece and as a typically electronic game).[2] For a period subsequent to its purchase by M.Z. Berger, Nelsonic operated as a subsidiary division of its parent company and game-watches were produced that bore the Nelsonic mark. This practice ended as M.Z. Berger shifted focus to more traditional and higher-end timepieces. Today the original Nelsonic Game Watch line has entered the secondary market and individual Game Watches have become highly sought-after collectibles that often fetch high prices on eBay and other online auction websites.[3][4]

  1. ^ The Official Midway's Pac-Man by Nelsonic: Game Watch Instruction Manual. T.M. Midway Mfg. Co. Nelsonic. 1982.
  2. ^ a b Shea, Tom. Shrinking Pac-Man Leads game-wristwatch market. InfoWorld. pp. 44-45. 20 December 1982.
  3. ^ Rinker, Harry L. Price Guide to Flea Market Treasures. Chilton Book Company. ISBN 978-0-87069-748-7. May 1997.
  4. ^ Huxford, Bob. Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide. ISBN 978-1-57432-632-1. 4 August 2009.