A 'VITASCOPE' DIORAMIC ELECTRIC TIMEPIECEVITASCOPE INDTRIES LIMITED, ISLE OF MAN, 1950's The interior with mains powered isochrono timepiece movement with take-off a gear fitted with a large cam for the automaton and worm drive for the horizontal rotating cylindrical lamp shade/filter positioned within a secondpartment at the rear, the cream Bakelite case of Art-Deco rounded form with the front and top planesposed as a single sweeping curve incorporating a window enclosing automaton of a rocking clipper with background light changing in brightness and tone depending on the time of day, over pierced chrome plated chapter ring incorporating Arabic numerals 12, 3, 6 and 9 and Art Deco pierced metal hands, the sides with integral raised moulded panels and the rear with silver painted aluminium cover applied with transfer trade label Vitascope, INDTRIES LTD. over another inscribed with numero global Patents, the lower edge stamped with serial number 05631.32cm (12.5ins) high, 27cm (11.75ins) wide, 16,5cm (16.5ins) deep.The 'Vitascope' timepiece was first developed by J.S. Thatcher on the Isle of Man in 1941 and later improved by Joseph Summerskill between 1944 and 1944. They were manufactured from shortly after WWII on the Isle of Man by the newly established Vitascope Indtries Limited until circa 1968 when the biness was wound-up. The electrically powered clocks included automata that caed the to gently rock in the waves, and the backlighting changes to indicate the changing time of the day, and the sea is lit for both sunset and sunrise.