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I sometimes wish I still had my Casio Databank (circa 1987) as it was great and it would be fun to wear it now.
I got drunk with a bunch of Russian sailors in October 1993 and swapped watches with one of them - I have a crazy Russian CIS-celebratory mechanical watch instead. It's quite cool, I sometimes wear it.
I got drunk with a bunch of Russian sailors in October 1993 and swapped watches with one of them - I have a crazy Russian CIS-celebratory mechanical watch instead. It's quite cool, I sometimes wear it.
Mr E Driver said:
The one that started it with the first LCD with analogue made to commemorate the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal. This one is circa 1978 and is in immaculate condition and gets a fair bit of wrist time
Another of my Quartz digital in superb condition (picture highlighting dust) and apart from running a bit fast works fine.
Press once for the time and keeping the finger on the button reveals the seconds and another quick press reveals the date which never needs forwarding!
I first had one of these (but not an Omega) in the early 70's, it cost an arm and a leg and packed up after about 6 months so I got it changed for an analogue.
Problem with them is it takes two hands to read the time which is a pain if your driving and difficult whilst riding a motorcycle!
Great for posing in the cinema and annoying the g/f at night in bed!
Sorry about the poor photo but the display only lights up for a second and very difficult to shoot!
It is quite small compared to today's watches at around 38mm x 26mm
Press once for the time and keeping the finger on the button reveals the seconds and another quick press reveals the date which never needs forwarding!
I first had one of these (but not an Omega) in the early 70's, it cost an arm and a leg and packed up after about 6 months so I got it changed for an analogue.
Problem with them is it takes two hands to read the time which is a pain if your driving and difficult whilst riding a motorcycle!
Great for posing in the cinema and annoying the g/f at night in bed!
Sorry about the poor photo but the display only lights up for a second and very difficult to shoot!
It is quite small compared to today's watches at around 38mm x 26mm
May I present the epitome of mid/late 80's digital watch geekdom.
The working one is a Seiko DATA-2000, which has (as the name suggests) a 2000 character data storage, alarm, stopwatch etc.
Data is input into these watches using the associated keyboard which communicates with the watch at 2048 bits/second via an inductive interface.
The non-working version is a UC-3000, which IIRC differs from the DATA-2000 by having slightly more data capacity and a crude diary/scheduler, but no calculator. I should try to bring it back to life, but the battery is held in place with 4 ridiculously small screws, of which 3 have been lost during battery changes over the years, so it's somewhat precarious. I've tried looking for suitable replacements, but to no avail.
Some more pics of the DATA-2000 in action...
The working one is a Seiko DATA-2000, which has (as the name suggests) a 2000 character data storage, alarm, stopwatch etc.
Data is input into these watches using the associated keyboard which communicates with the watch at 2048 bits/second via an inductive interface.
The non-working version is a UC-3000, which IIRC differs from the DATA-2000 by having slightly more data capacity and a crude diary/scheduler, but no calculator. I should try to bring it back to life, but the battery is held in place with 4 ridiculously small screws, of which 3 have been lost during battery changes over the years, so it's somewhat precarious. I've tried looking for suitable replacements, but to no avail.
Some more pics of the DATA-2000 in action...
oldskool said:
May I present the epitome of mid/late 80's digital watch geekdom.
The working one is a Seiko DATA-2000, which has (as the name suggests) a 2000 character data storage, alarm, stopwatch etc.
Data is input into these watches using the associated keyboard which communicates with the watch at 2048 bits/second via an inductive interface.
The non-working version is a UC-3000, which IIRC differs from the DATA-2000 by having slightly more data capacity and a crude diary/scheduler, but no calculator. I should try to bring it back to life, but the battery is held in place with 4 ridiculously small screws, of which 3 have been lost during battery changes over the years, so it's somewhat precarious. I've tried looking for suitable replacements, but to no avail.
Some more pics of the DATA-2000 in action...
Crikey, my old man had one of these, not sure which model.... wonder if it's still tucked away somewhere? The working one is a Seiko DATA-2000, which has (as the name suggests) a 2000 character data storage, alarm, stopwatch etc.
Data is input into these watches using the associated keyboard which communicates with the watch at 2048 bits/second via an inductive interface.
The non-working version is a UC-3000, which IIRC differs from the DATA-2000 by having slightly more data capacity and a crude diary/scheduler, but no calculator. I should try to bring it back to life, but the battery is held in place with 4 ridiculously small screws, of which 3 have been lost during battery changes over the years, so it's somewhat precarious. I've tried looking for suitable replacements, but to no avail.
Some more pics of the DATA-2000 in action...
I don't think he's thrown anything away since about 1967, so it could well be.
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