Setron Television set (Q41): Difference between revisions
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(Created claim: Provenance/History (P17): At the junction of Tanglin Halt Road and Commonwealth Drive stands Haw Par Corporation, providing a scant reminder of the sprawling industrial estate which existed in the 1970s and 1980s.) |
(Changed claim: Current location (P11): Jurong Storage Unit Zone 6 (Q338)) |
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| Property / Year of production and/or usage: 1960s / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
Other Information: c. 1964-86 | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / Year of production and/or usage: 1970s / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / Provenance/History: Setron TV is a bygone brand that was in production in Singapore from 1964 to 1986, manufactured in the former Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate. The first ever locally assembled black-and-white TV set rolled off the production line at local enterprise, Setron Limited, in September 1965. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / Provenance/History: Television in Singapore had just been introduced in February 1963, and given the small number of households that owned a TV set at the time – most watched TV at their local community centres – this was a commodity that was gaining traction. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / Provenance/History: Setron continued to manufacture TV sets until the 1980s. In 1986, it became a subsidiary of Sony Corporation Japan and was renamed Sony Singapore thereafter. Its Tanglin Halt factory is now the site of Haw Par Corporation – the former Haw Par Brothers International. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / Provenance/History: At the junction of Tanglin Halt Road and Commonwealth Drive stands Haw Par Corporation, providing a scant reminder of the sprawling industrial estate which existed in the 1970s and 1980s. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Good. Scratches on the wooden front along sliding groove. Wooden laminate beside the 7 buttons and on the right side of TV set are peeling off. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / Condition: Good. Scratches on the wooden front along sliding groove. Wooden laminate beside the 7 buttons and on the right side of TV set are peeling off. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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2018-0003 | |||||||||||||||
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Latest revision as of 03:38, 1 June 2024
Setron TV is a bygone brand that was in production in Singapore from 1964 to 1986, manufactured in the former Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate. (2018-0003)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Setron Television set |
Setron TV is a bygone brand that was in production in Singapore from 1964 to 1986, manufactured in the former Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate. (2018-0003) |
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79 x 122 x 47.2 cm
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NA
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Factory in 1966 is at the present Haw Par Corporation Limited - 401 Commonwealth Dr, Singapore 149598
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Tanglin Halt, television, Setron Limited, Sony, furniture
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Polished wooden rectangular TV set elevated on four legs. Sliding shutters at the front with keyhole. 7 buttons for tuning the channels. Sliding controls for volume, contrast, brightness, music.
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"Setron" logo in the middle below the screen
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NA
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Good. Scratches on the wooden front along sliding groove. Wooden laminate beside the 7 buttons and on the right side of TV set are peeling off.
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2018-0003
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