Offering for sale this guaranteed original, complete and working Watling Rol A Top slot machine. This is a VERY scarce and desirable specimen for several reasons. The machine is ALL ORIGINAL AND UNRESTORED. A true SURVIVOR from an East Coast estate. The machine is an original 50c - - yes, HALF DOLLAR - denomination! It's no wonder the machine is in such fine condition - - it likely didn't see the kind of use a 5c or 10c slot machine would have seen. Design-wise, this is a classic Rol a Top. The top casting features a. Horn of plenty that has coins cascading out. The lower casting features a twin jackpot. This was designed so that there would always be a jackpot of coins in view to entice a patron to want to play the machine. The payouts alternate between the left and right jackpot automatically. The double jackpot is all original and complete and working.
This machine is stamped into the wood case and written into the original paper label with the serial number of 93,625. Per the Watling reference book this dates the machine to around 1940.
This is a very nice machine that presents very well and plays perfectly. The mechanism is all original and is in excellent condition. The mechanism was recently lubricated (as was the jackpot) - and it is in perfect playing condition. The machine has its original reel strips. There are some scratches and a spot of old tape on the last reel (right) - but nothing too distracting.
Antique Watling Rol-A-Top Coin Front with twin jackpot and castle checkboard coin front 5c Slot Machine. This machine is in excellent working order and beautifully restored. If you like to play games then don’t pass this one up. Checkerboard slot machine in this condition are rare and hard to come. $4695 plus $195. Watling slot machines, specifically Rol-A-Top’s, are notorious for having hundreds of different small and large changes to the inside and outside of their machines. While these “bug holes” may not be in your Rol-A-Top, I’m sure others out there have some equally interestingly unique features! Don - Nations Attic.
The award card has age toning as well but it does not prevent you from reading the payout information. The machine has an original cash box and original Watling metal back door with original lock and Yale key. The machine is in superb working condition please view all photos and watch the youtube video to see it in action.
Review my recent feedback for similar vintage coin op machines It is overwhelmingly positive. Have a look at my other auctions there are several nice examples of vending machines, trade stimulators and other penny arcade coin op machines now and coming over the next several weeks.
Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code. The item 'Antique Watling 50c Rol-A-Top Slot Machine Survivor Vintage Casino Gambling' is in sale since Thursday, December 03, 2015. This item is in the category 'CollectiblesCasinoSlotsMachinesAntique Coin Slot Machines'. The seller is 'abacoin' and is located in Monrovia, California. This item can be shipped to United States.- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Watling Manufacturing co. was one of the early slot machine manufacturing companies that were set out in the year 1889. Its founder, Thomas Watling led the company with the help of his brother and hit the market by copying slot machine models of already popular brands and selling them at a cheaper price in the market.
The Rol-A-Top slot machine model was the most popular model of the Watling Manufacturing co. The brilliant idea of adding around coin escalator on top of the slot machine was first implemented by Thomas Watling in the early 1930s, and soon it became one of the most popular slot machine models of the century.
However, the arrival of World War 2 was dramatically a dark period for this company. Thomas Watling, the founder of the company, died in the year 1943 leaving the company in care of his five sons. John Watling, the eldest son took the responsibility of leading the company with the help of his brothers, but the effect of World War 2 put the slot machine business in a slump and the company was instead manufacturing ammunition, as the government closed down the customers for that particular duration and shifted to war production.
After World War 2 was over, the company jumped back to manufacturing slot machines and this time, it hit the market in the year 1947 with their latest and original variation of their slot machine model, the Rol-A-Top Checkerboard, which turned out to be one of the most popular slot machine models this company has ever produced.
The Watling Rol-A-Top Checkerboard Twin Jackpot Slot Machine is just as modern as it could have been when it was first created, but also had a hint of the slot machine designs that were previously built by the Watling Company. The Rol-A-Top or the coin escalator on top of the machine was kept intact, but the body of the machine was designed to have a checkerboard theme.
The machine is built to be purely mechanical and consists of a coin slot, 3 slot reels, one handle to pull, and twin jackpot slots. Apart from this, the slot machine also features a button at the back of the Rol-A-Top, which when pressed can return your coin if in case it is jammed at the coin escalator.
Playing this slot machine is simple and is just like playing any other slot machine. All you have to do is put 5 cents coin into the coin slot situated at the top of the Rol-A-Top, pull the handle on the side and wait for the luck to show up. If you are lucky enough, you might hit the jackpot or may score any one of the winning combinations. However, if you land on anything other than the winning combinations, you can simply expect nothing, not even a complimentary. Given below are the winning combinations of this slot machine, along with the prize money that can be won for each combination.
Since it is a gambling machine built in 1947, it is extremely rare to find. If there was a place where it can still exist, it has to be in Nevada, US, as the Watling Company always wanted to be popular in this US state. Hence, the most number of sales that they must have made should have been here. As everything is available online these days, there is a good chance that you can find it available on the Internet. So, be sure to check the local classifieds and online e-commerce stores, if in case you can find it on sale there.
