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Post by marsss25 on Aug 18, 2020 19:17:17 GMT
VERY cool, John! I really like those old LED’s Wearing my Alpha recase this morning then back to the soffits wearing the G Whoa, is that an original Alpha from when they were Swiss? Very cool! Yeppers- it’s an oldie Attachment Deleted
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 18, 2020 19:19:35 GMT
1977 Texas Instruments 401 LED digital. These were quickly superseded by LCD digitals as they were notorious battery eaters. Most, like this one, used two 386 silver oxide cells and could go one to three months on them - depending on how often you pushed the button to light up the LEDs. That's why this one is in such good condition after 43 years. It was relegated to a jewelry box after no more than a year and replaced by an LCD digital. LCD technology very quickly displaced the LED watches. Rather simple operation common to nearly all early digitals. - One button press: time in hours and minutes; hold it down to see seconds ticking
- Two quick button presses: month and date
Bracelet is original folded link stainless with signed TI z-fold deployant clasp. Case is chrome plated base metal with stainless snap-on back; common fare for these watches in that era. TI killed Hamilton's Pulsar pricing when these the market, IIRC, for less than $40 starting with the TI 101. That would be about $170 today which isn't dirt cheap, but it's not that expensive. TI had a very cheap plastic Star Wars LED watch they sold for less than $20 at the theaters showing the movie. TI got out of the digital watch business in 1981. By then they were selling some digitals for just under $10, which had the rest of the watch industry in an absolute uproar. Nice, still love those old digits in alarm clocks, but are now hard to come buy, all led nowadays. I once bought a cheap Chinese, but also led and sold it, the moment I discovered it had only am/pm and not 24 hours (13:00 until 00:00) Sorry, I'm all metric... Almost forgot to show my today watch. Wanted it quick and found out the date was behind...
Always a cool dial to see!
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Post by jeffhargrave on Aug 18, 2020 20:11:43 GMT
I think I had one of those back in the day! M Force for me today. Nice! Is it lumed with different colours for indices and hands? Same color lume.
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 18, 2020 21:19:22 GMT
Ultra-cool Eco-Drive, Johan! Thanks Dan!
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 18, 2020 21:21:48 GMT
Always a cool dial to see! Thanks buddy!
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Post by bfhammer on Aug 18, 2020 23:01:01 GMT
My first digital LCD watch was a Timex Marathon with a simple time/date/seconds function that you cycled through with the button. It was a Christmas present from Santa. Laco on the wrist tonight.
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 18, 2020 23:05:41 GMT
My first digital LCD watch was a Timex Marathon with a simple time/date/seconds function that you cycled through with the button. It was a Christmas present from Santa. Laco on the wrist tonight. What a wonderful retro vibe
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Post by zeb on Aug 19, 2020 3:10:49 GMT
My first digital LCD watch was a Timex Marathon with a simple time/date/seconds function that you cycled through with the button. It was a Christmas present from Santa. Laco on the wrist tonight. That dial even looks great in the light! My first LCD watch was either Texas Instruments or Timex, it had a super-bright permanent tritium backlight, and a black plastic alligator texture case and band. It was also from Santa! Later, when it stopped working, I took it apart to get at the tritium capsule. I think I may have broken it. Maybe that's why I have cancer! I swear I found a picture of it once, and now I can't find it. I probably left the generic internet image name, like an idiot.
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Post by John Lind on Aug 19, 2020 4:11:06 GMT
I think I had one of those back in the day! M Force for me today. Nice M-Force! Looks like one of the newer ones made within the past few years. I was thinking they had gone by the wayside with Orient and then started seeing them again.
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